Thayer Alden > Thayer's Quotes

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
― Aristotle

“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
― Plato, The Republic

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“ومن يتهيب صعود الجبال يعش أبَــدَ الدهــر بيــن الحــفرْ
فعجَّــتْ بقلبــي دمــاءُ الشـباب وضجَّــت بصـدري ريـاحٌ أخَـرْ...
وأطـرقتُ, أصغـي لقصـف الرعـودِ وعــزفِ الريــاحِ, ووقـعِ المطـرْ”
― أبو القاسم الشابي, أغاني الحياة