There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root… – Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854 Category: Perspective
Destiny has two ways of crushing us — by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. – Henri Frederic Amiel Category: Perspective
If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. – Ursula K. Le Guin Category: Science
By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth. – Yukio Mishima Category: Truth