The eye sees what it brings the power to see. Carlyle, Thomas
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears. Heraclitus
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. Diderot, Denis
The first years of man make provision for the last. Johnson, Samuel
The foods that prolong life and increase purity, vigour, health, cheerfulness, and happiness are those that are delicious, soothing, substantial and agreeable…Foods that are bitter, sour, salt, over-hot, pungent, dry and burning produce unhappiness, repentance and disease. Gita, Bhagavad
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. Shakespeare, William
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. Nagarjuna
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. Oppenheim, James
The four stages of man are: Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence and obsolescence. Linkletter, Art
The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough. Heine, Heinrich
The future … seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done. White, E.B.
