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“Man finds his pathways: at first they were foot-tracks, as those of the beast in the wilderness; now they are swift and invisible: his thought dives through the ocean, and his wishes thread the air: has he found all the pathways yet? What reaches him, stays with him, rules him: he must accept it, not knowing its pathway.”

Men Firsts Found Wish Accepting Knowing Air Feet Ocean Track Invisible Beast Wilderness Thread Not Knowing Pathways

Book:Daniel Deronda: Top Novelist Focus

Source: Daniel Deronda: Top Novelist Focus

“I wish I could write librettos for the rest of my life. It is the purest of human pleasures, a heavenly hermaphroditism of being both writer and musician. No wonder that selfish beast Wagner kept it all to himself.”

Writing Humans Wish Pleasure Wonder Music Musician Selfish Beast Heavenly Wagner

Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“Nor bird nor beast Could make me wish for anything this day, Being old, but that the old alone might die, And that would be against God's Providence.”

Might Would Be Dies Wish Bird Aging Beast This Day Providence Being Old

Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume I: The Poems: Revised Second Edition

Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume I: The Poems: Revised Second Edition

“Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.”

Men Reason Feelings Wish Levels Human Nature Greatness Stronger Beast Convince Contempt Convincing Baseness Greatness Of Man

Author:Blaise Pascal

“But if one wishes to be absolute master of all, to obtain the entire inheritance, and to exclude his brothers from even a third or fifth part, he is not a brother, but a harsh tyrant, a rude savage, nay, more, an insatiable beast that would devour the whole sweet banquet with his own gaping mouth.”

Ifs Whole Wish Sweet Brother Masters Mouths Thirds Absolutes Environmental Beast Tyrants Savages Harsh Rude Fifth Inheritance Stewardship Insatiable Banquets

Author:Gregory of Nyssa