#cannot

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. ↗

— Anne Spencer

#beautiful #cannot #collect #shells

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#comprehend #comprehends #us #we cannot

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#cannot #central #criterion #first #know

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#cannot #cognitive #contain #element #mental

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance. ↗

— Margery Allingham

#attention #cannot #command #least #nuisance

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why. ↗

— Eric Gill

#know #makes #man #philosophy #religion

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. ↗

— Dick Armey

#cannot #even #get #getting #while

Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body. ↗

— Johann Arndt

#applies #body #cannot #fail #fear

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. ↗

— Sholem Asch

#creativity #force #labor #lash #may

It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good! ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#because #better #cannot #dave #dave matthews