It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on…

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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact...

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,...

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...