#led

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#beyond #committing #entertain #fortune #good

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#any #fit #interest #just #know

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#discovery #knowledge #something #understand

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable. ↗

— Irving Howe

#innocence #knowledge #makes #unattainable #us

The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back. ↗

— Charles Hamilton Houston

#convinced #could #dying #fellow #fellow americans

I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything. ↗

— Michael Vartan

#always #anything #church #exercise #hockey

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#ignorance #knowledge #opinions #perpetual #recipe

I think it's wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them. ↗

— Rex Hunt

#i #i think #knowledge #many #pass

It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#awareness #bonds #citizens #clearly #compelled

You know, this is - one can imagine how life would be different if one body of Congress was controlled by the other party, there would be subpoena power and there would be all - mechanisms to get to the bottom of all sorts of issues of controversy. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#body #bottom #congress #controlled #controversy