"Thoughts that are light, clear, distinct, finished; and words that resemble their thoughts. Words that often retain their meaning even when they are detached from others and that please when isolated as sounds."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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"Here comes Jesus, and sees the man, and shows to him, in the light of faith, that He is according to His Godhead immeasurable and incomprehensible and inaccessible and abysmal, transcending every crea…"

— John Ruysbroeck

Literature1293–1381

#knowledge

"I think they should not look for, but look passively — and try to receive what the painting has to offer and not bring a subject matter or preconceived idea of what they are to be looking for.. .and I…"

— Jackson Pollock

Art1912–1956

#mind

"“high offices and are successful in their work… they will make people of their own kind their helpers, supporters, colleagues. They will not allow nobles and free-born men and men of merits to come an…"

— Ziauddin Barani

Politics1285–1357

#success