Herzen State Quotes & Sayings

Was it their face, in fact, for which they were guilty? Did it fail to please in some way? Worse yet, did it offend? IN — Julie Otsuka

So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done. — Marian Wright Edelman

A fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, for creative inquiry, for free creation without the arbitrary limiting effects of coercive institutions. A decent society should maximize the possibilities for this fundamental human characteristic to be realized. — Noam Chomsky

Perhaps we could write code to optimize code, then run that code through the code optimizer? — Stephen Hawking

With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts. — Mary Pipher

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure of this state is increased by the low level of civilization and the narrow empty life to which these men are confined. — Alexander Herzen

It takes ten years, usually, to make a dancer. It takes ten years of handling the instrument, handling the material with which you are dealing, for you to know it completely. — Martha Graham