Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else’s skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. less than 1 minute read
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. less than 1 minute read
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. less than 1 minute read
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. less than 1 minute read
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. less than 1 minute read
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. less than 1 minute read
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? less than 1 minute read
I’m very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It’s the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange. less than 1 minute read
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. less than 1 minute read
