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It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry for what this delicate little plant needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Why does this magnificent applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us little happiness The simple answer runs because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images. – Jean Cocteau	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. – Franklin D. Roosevelt	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. – Miguel de Cervantes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Little said is soonest mended. – Miguel de Cervantes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I try to do the right thing at the right time.They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. – Kareem Abdul-Jabar	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If it helps to make people think a little bit more what those ideals are, then I'll keep wearing this uniform. – Barbara Adams	added by anonymous 14 years ago
What one knows is, in youth, of little moment they know enough who know how to learn. – Henry Adams	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. – James Agee	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn. – Anouk Aimee	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leaving America I had had a very little chance of seeing any. – Emma Albani	added by anonymous 14 years ago
We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, 'Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone's plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.' We can decide to risk that He is indeed there, watching, caring, cherishing us as we love and accept love. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance. – Joan Wester Anderson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Very little is needed to make a happy life. – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith. – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ. – Wystan Hugh Auden	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Only little boys and old men sneer at love. – Louis Auchincloss	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me. – Saint Augustine	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Remember this, very little is needed to make a happy life. – Marcus Aelius Aurelius	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse. – Marcus Aelius Aurelius	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person. – Jane Austen	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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