#erie

But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#does #exclusive #finite #island #itself

It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#any #being #cannot #capable #character

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#carpe-diem #enjoy-life #experience #inspirational #life

Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem. ↗

— James Patterson

#experience

Fang: 'Man, You weigh a freaking ton! What have you been eating, rocks?' Max: 'Why, is your head missing some? ↗

— James Patterson

#mamimum #maximum-ride #ride #rock #experience

Must you go? I was rather hoping you'd stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must." "I'll stay," Will said a bit crossly, and threw himself down in the armchair Tessa had just vacated. "I can minister angelically." "None too convincingly. And you're not as pretty to look at as Tessa is," Jem said, closing his eyes as he leaned back against the pillow. "How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #radiance #experience

I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#doors #education #excel #experience #how

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come. ↗

— Greg Akcelrod

#art #building #come #experience #forward

Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material? ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

#end #experience #in the end #literary #material

... the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book is one of the main reasons I read; but it doesn't happen every time or even every other time, and when it does happen, I am truly beside myself. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#experience