The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the […]
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Ralph Waldo Emerson -quotes and excerpts
Posted: 8th June 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: childhood, emerson, excerpts, explore, god, ground, kitten, light, lover, man, manhood, mind, moment, nature, painter, past, quotes, ralph, roses, solitary, stars, suicide, thought, time, waldo
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Albert Camus-quotes and excerpts from his written works
Posted: 28th May 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: albert, camus, Earth, evil, excerpts, freedom, happiness, history, human, idealist, ideology, imagination, justice, life, live, love, man, meaning, memories, quotes, reason, sea, stars, stupidity, suicide, war, world
Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die. I don’t know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now […]
Friedrich Nietzsche- quotes and excerpts from his writings
Posted: 23rd May 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: beauty, boredom, deception, excerpts, find, forms, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, gods, love, nothing, poets, power, pride, quotes, shine, star, universe, world
Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of “world history,” but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a […]
George Santayana-Quotes and excerpts from his writings
Posted: 23rd May 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: aim, beauty, birth, cure, death, deny, despise, excerpts, fact, faith, fanaticism, george, happiness, history, intelligence, man, memory, quotes, santayana, wisdom
O world, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is wisdom to believe the heart. Columbus found a world, and had no chart, Save one that faith deciphered in the skies; To trust the soul’s invincible surmise Was […]
Calvin and Hobbes some of my favourite excerpts
Posted: 9th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: absurdity, babies, bill, blue light, calvin and hobbes, come, contact, dad, evolution, excerpts, funny, humor, humour, ignorance, intelligent, kids, Kmart, learning, mom, peace, scary, SEARS, war
Hobbes: Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it’s funny. Don’t you think it’s odd that we […]