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“We are odd compounds full of explosive material to which circumstances may at any time apply a spark, with results undreamed of even by those who thought they knew us best.”

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Joseph P. Farrell

Joseph P. Farrell is a renowned author born in 1955. His works span across various fields including history, politics, and mysticism, known for his in-depth research and unique perspectives. more

“Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it nevertheless be possible to understand one another? Is real communication possible if word and language betray us every time? Shall, in the end, only the language of tanks and guns prevail and not human reason and understanding?”

Ifs Men Should Humans Two Real Ends Reason Time Speak Language Understanding Communication Gun Ears Barriers Betray Nevertheless Tanks Being There Human Reason

Author:Joost Meerloo

“And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.”

Men Time Steps Gains Steady

Book:Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier

Source: Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier

“Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!"”

Giving Time Teeth Mary Epic Spares Rhyme

Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier

“They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time.”

Knows Use Motivational Time Opportunity Know How Achieve Depends Amount Our Time

Book:Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867

Source: Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867

“The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness . . . Nay, the king himself used to eat in the Hall, and his lords sat with him, and he understood men.”

Men Used Time Lord Kings Understood Sat Sickness Halls

Book:The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State

Source: The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State

“Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.”

Thinking Feelings Time Influence Noble Submit Nobility Wasted Time

Author:John Ruskin

“It is eminently a weariable faculty, eminently delicate, and incapable of bearing fatigue; so that if we give it too many objects at a time to employ itself upon, or very grand ones for a long time together, it fails under the effort, becomes jaded, exactly as the limbs do by bodily fatigue, and incapable of answering any farther appeal till it has had rest.”