The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. – Muhammad Ali Category: Self-Discovery
“Know thyself” — a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to “know himself” would never become a butterfly. – André Gide, Nouvelles Nourritures Category: Self-Discovery
Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Self-Discovery
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French Category: Self-Discovery
It takes a while, but eventually we appreciate that the people who were always there for the special occasions of our youth had other things to do. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Perspective
Comedy is surprises, so if youre intending to make somebody laugh and they dont laugh, thats funny. – Norm MacDonald Category: funny