question is the beginning of thought
Felix S. CohenThe question is not "can you wear your father's shoes?". The question is "can you walk in your father's shoes?". It is one thing having a mentor and it is another thing to become like your mentor.
Israelmore AyivorStichwörter: action question food-for-thought excellence student teacher father shoes master mentor copy extra servant apprentice walk wear lecturer excel extra-mile mentee israelmore-ayivor immitate learn-to-do-something novice
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Other people have written about war. About how one plane sweeps over and the whole place is ablaze in minutes. About how a young man may kill another young many with perfect legality. I prefer to write about less sudden things. About how we inch further away without even noticing. And then it's too late. Or is it? No it's not too late to say sorry, we were wrong, let's try again to get along. No, it's not too late to quit lying, halt the greed, stop polluting air earth and seas. I prefer to write about less noisy things. About change happening so gradually that one day you just accept the world as different. And you don't question because you're old, and you don't feel like making waves, and anyway, they'd say you were insane.......
Stichwörter: war change lying greed kill question polluting
Have all beautiful things sad destinies?
Jean RhysStichwörter: beauty sad destiny question beautiful
Don't say NO for an answer
Ericson EusebioStichwörter: experience hope answers challenge question problem
I'd rather live with the answer than die with the question.
pleasefindthisOne of the first unanswerable questions I asked was when I was eight years old. Some cousins of mine always said a prayer before eating:
God is kind,
God is good,
And we thank him
For our food.
At that time we always heard the children in Europe were starving, therefore we should not waste any food. Two questions arose in my mind. First, what I knew about poetry was that it had to rhyme, and 'food' and 'good' didn't rhyme, so I always said 'Fud' with a silent sneer, and made it rhyme.
Second: I once asked my aunt if god is good and we thank him for our Fud, why are the kids in Europe starving? I asked her if the kids in Europe were all bad. I remember her saying, 'Be thankful that you have food,' but, of course, she couldn't deal with the rest of it.
I never accepted religion so I had nothing to reject as such. The history of 'Christiansanity' (my own coinage of which I am proud!) is so brutal of mind, emotions, freedom, progress, science, and all that I hold precious, that by any standards of justice its leaders in almost any given period would be incarcerated for life, or worse!
Stichwörter: science truth progress reason freedom humanity atheism logic atheist question
You know why I am here?" asked the headmaster.
Swaminathan searched for an answer: the headmaster might be there to receive letters from boy's parents; he might be there to flay Ebenzars alive; he might be there to deliver six cuts with his cane every Monday at twelve o'clock. And above all why this question?
Stichwörter: question student headmaster
A man of vision cannot question his potentials. He does not doubt his capabilities. He keeps going because he had seen himself gone already in his visions.
Israelmore AyivorStichwörter: success doubt man vision question food-for-thought leader potential potentiality capability successful doubts gone capable winner dream-big big-dreams potentials potential-for-greatness israelmore-ayivor self-leader
Your beauty questions the beauty of nature.
M.F. MoonzajerStichwörter: beauty nature question
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