#only

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#course #exist #hence #illness #literally

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision. ↗

— Leo Szilard

#arrive #decision #does #enough #know

Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#always #beginning #book #events #every

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#comparison #dream #get #him #i

I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life's wisdom. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#foreground #growing #i #into #life

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#good #good work #keep #only #tiny

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#bother #elements #fight #get #i

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#come #dawn #death #lamp #light

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#heart #lies #love #love is #mere

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#create #creates #glory #great #great man