Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
Dr. Alexis Carrel.
“Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor.”
“It is faith and not reason which impels men to action. ... Intelligence is content to point out the road but never drives us along it.”
“To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.”
“A few observations and much reasoning lead to error many observations and a little reasoning to truth.”
“Intuition ... appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.”
“To accomplish our destiny ... we must cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.”
“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”
“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”