“The web of this world is woven of Necessity and Chance. Woe to him who has accustomed himself from his youth up to find something necessary in what is capricious, and who would ascribe something like reason to Chance and make a religion of surrendering to it.” WorldReasonChanceAtheismThis WorldYouthWoeAccustomedWovenCapricious Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Give the young half a chance and they will create their own future, they will even create their own heaven and earth.” GivingEarthYoungHeavenChanceHalfYouthHeaven And Earth Book:Works Source: Works
“Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.” LittlesHomeDreamTogetherProcessChanceCommonAttentionMarriageYouthMeetingsCrueltyGlancesBlindnessCivilityConcealedUneasyMaidensArtificeReciprocateHappy Together Book:Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings Source: Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings
“The oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life. Indeed, his chance to live at all is slim, and if he should survive the arrows of his own outrageous fortune and in the two weeks of his carefree youth find a clean smooth place to fix on, the years afterwards are full of stress, passion, and danger.” IfsShouldYearsTwoPassionChanceWeekDangerYouthExcitingStressCleanFortuneSmoothArrowsTwo WeeksOutrageousOystersSlimCarefreeExciting Life Book:Consider the Oyster Source: Consider the Oyster
“I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I'll definitely jump towards it, for sure.” BodyActionMovingChanceYouth Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“If we are given a chance to go back to our youth, we won't go back, because we cannot give up our accumulated wisdom and we cannot give up things that belong to our time!” IfsGivingGivenChanceYouthGiving UpOur TimeNot Giving UpGiven A Chance Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan