“He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all”
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― The Living
― The Living
“The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide. Him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.”
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
― Collected Works
― Collected Works
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