Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
viewPersonally, I experience the greatest degree of pleasure in having contact with works of art. They furnish me with happy feelings of an intensity such as I cannot derive from other realms.
I want to know God’s thoughts. The rest is just details.
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
When I examined myself and my methods of thought, I came to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.