“The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is.” WayMeanUniverseAnimalInterestingBrainImpressionPerceiveSimplestEdited Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“HONOR. This means that a girl is not satisfied with keeping the letter of the law when she really breaks it in spirit. LOYAL. This means that she is true to her country, to the city or village where she is a citizen, to her family, her church, her school, and those for whom she may work or who may work for her. HELPFUL. The simplest way of saying this for the very young Scout is to do a good turn to someone every day: that is, to be a giver and not a taker. This is the spirit that makes the older Scout into a fine, useful, dependable woman.” WayMayMeanCountrySchoolLawYoungSpiritTurnsGirlChurchCitiesBreakFineCitizensHonorLettersSatisfiedHelpfulVillageLoyalSimplestGiverDependable Author:Juliette Gordon Low
“The most perfect caricature is that which, on a small surface, with the simplest means, most accurately exaggerates, to the highest point, the peculiarities of a human being, at his most characteristic moment in the most beautiful manner.” HumansMeanMomentsBeautifulHuman BeingsPerfectHighestSurfaceCharacteristicsSimplestCaricatures Book:The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm Source: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm