Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) Our imagination is stretched to the upmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.
Herman Hesse On Destiny
Hermann Hesse (July 02, 1877 – August 09, 1962) When destiny comes to a man from outside, it lays him low, just as an arrow lays a deer low. When destiny comes to a man from within, from his innermost being, it makes him strong, it makes him into a god… A man who has …
Billy Collins On Forgetfulness
Billy Collins (March 22, 1941 -) The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire …
Ralph Waldo Emerson On Tomorrow
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to …
Jamaica Kincaid On Writing
Jamaica Kincaid (May 25, 1949 -) When I start to write something, I suppose I want it to change me, to make me into something not myself. And while I'm doing it, I really have the feeling that this time, at the end of it, I will be other than myself. Of course, every time …
Andre Breton On Reality
Andre Breton (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) I believe in the future resolution of these two states - outwardly so contradictory - which are dreams and reality, into a sort of absolute reality, a surreality, so to speak.
Katherine Anne Porter On Experience
Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) I have a very firm belief that the life of no man can be explained in terms of his experiences, of what has happened to him, because in spite of all the poetry, all the philosophy to the contrary, we are not really masters of …
