“When primitive man heard thunder or saw the lightning, he could not account for either, and therefore concluded that back of them must be a force greater than himself. Similarly he saw a supernatural force in the rain, and in the various other changes in nature.” MenForceSawsGreaterHeardRainAccountsVariousPrimitiveLightningThunderPrimitive ManSupernatural Forces Book:Anarchism and Other Essays Source: Anarchism and Other Essays
“The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exile wanted to learn all the details. ...Isaiah was so familiar with it that he did not consider it necessary to communicate it to others as a new thing, especially as it was well known to the intelligent.” WellsWantedKnownLordSawsGenerationsAccountsIntelligentDetailsCommunicateFamiliarDescriptionNew ThingsWell KnownExile Author:Maimonides
“I learned so much about myself from reading this script and doing this movie [Shelter] because the level of judgment and the lack of humanity I saw in myself was disgusting. I never took into account what a homeless person might have been through.” PersonsHas BeensMightHumanityReadingLevelsSawsJudgmentAccountsScriptsDisgustingShelterHomelessMight Have Been Author:Paul Bettany
“When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's past as part of an antiquity rendered irrelevant by modernity, which with its science, nation states, free enterprises, and consumer societies was supposed to have solved all problems.” FirstsLittlesStatesProblemPastNationsSawsConcernTraditionDecidedAccountsIndiaConsumersIndianEnterpriseIrrelevantModernityAntiquityPreoccupationFree Enterprise Author:Pankaj Mishra
“And when I look at a history book and think of the imaginative effort it has taken to squeeze this oozing world between two boards and typeset, I am astonished. Perhaps the event has an unassailable truth. God saw it. God knows. But I am not God. And so when someone tells me what they heard or saw, I believe them, and I believe their friend who also saw, but not in the same way, and I can put these accounts together and I will not have a seamless wonder but a sandwich laced with mustard of my own.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayBelieveLooksI CanTwoBookTogetherI BelieveMy OwnEffortWonderTakenSawsHeardEventsAccountsBoardsImaginativeGod KnowsSandwichesHistory BooksMustardSeamless Book:Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account." "Really?" "It did for me," said Harry. He had never told any of his children that before, and he saw the wonder in Albus's face when he said it.” IfsChildrenSaidMatterAbleFacesChoicesWonderSawsAccountsHatsSortingGryffindor Author:J. K. Rowling
“And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of the life of Men, and the death of weariness which they knew not in themselves; and they grieved greatly for the loss of their friends. But Bëor at the last had relinquished his life willingly and passed in peace; and the Eldar wondered much at the strange fate of Men, for in all their lore there was no account of it, and its end was hidden from them.” MenFirstsEndsAgeLastsLossGriefSawsFateStrangeFirst TimeAccountsLaysWoundsWeariness Book:The Silmarillion Source: The Silmarillion
“As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a piece of paper with a pencil to account for the oranges she had sold, as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight.” WritingWarHelpingMotivationalYoungGirlFightingPowerfulSawsPiecesPaperAccountsMarkSellingEducateOrangePencilsLike Her Author:Malala Yousafzai