#gathers

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

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As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#consciousness #ego #gathers #itself #relates

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#gains #gathers #moss #polish #rolling