“The unphilosophical and philosophical attitudes can be very sharply distinguished (with scarcely any intermediate forms) by the fact that the first accepts everything that happens as regards its general form, and finds occasion for surprise only in that special content by which something that happens here today differs from what happened there yesterday; whereas for the second, it is precisely the common features of all experience, such as characterise everything we encounter, which are the primary and most profound occasion for astonishment.” FirstsFactsHappensTodayFormCommonAttitudeAcceptingHappenedSpecialPhilosophicalRegardSurpriseProfoundYesterdayOccasionsPrimariesFeaturesEncountersDistinguishedAstonishment Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“Even the most heartening of philosophical vistas is no match for, say, a toothache, if it happens to be your own.” IfsHappensPhilosophicalVistasToothache Book:Unicorn Variations Source: Unicorn Variations
“Farmers are philosophical; they have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their breasts. But there is another angle to their attitude. Things happen rapidly in the country; something new always comes along to divert them and it isn't necessarily another calamity.” CountryHappensAttitudeBeatsPhilosophicalThings HappenBreastsSomething NewFarmersAngleCalamity Book:How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening Source: How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening