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“His faith was no game he played. It was not a mantle to put on or be taken off as the need arose. The stories he took so literally he held dearer than his own life and he could not doubt them. Doubt would have destroyed him. I had no desire to destroy a foolish old man who suffered a fatal ignorance.”
― Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria
― Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria
“Norstrom always used to say that I had two
different brains working alternatively in my head:
the well developed brain of a fool and the un-
developed brain of a sort of genius.”
― The Story of San Michele
different brains working alternatively in my head:
the well developed brain of a fool and the un-
developed brain of a sort of genius.”
― The Story of San Michele
“... people believe what they are told. I believe nothing, consider everything.”
― Flow Down Like Silver
― Flow Down Like Silver
“Happiness we can only find in ourselves, it is a waste of time to seek for it from others, few have any to spare. Sorrow we have to bear alone as best we can, it is not fair to try to shift it on others, be they men or women. We have to fight our own battles and strike as hard as we can, born fighters as we are.”
― THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE
― THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE
“Intelligence requires first the gift of curiosity. Without curiosity, who would ask questions? Second, intelligence is the ability to synthesize. Facts alone signify little. Neither are they to be trusted. Intelligence is the subtle arrangement of that which might or might not be true, the intuitive selection and the weaving of such selections into a pleasing whole that makes for meaning. Third, intelligence has need of laughter. Without laughter so much that is bitter and dark is allowed into being. That which is bitter and dark may be clever, it may even be cunning, but it is never intelligent. As for wisdom, wisdom is simple. The wise are able to recognize, and to accept, that not only is one never intelligent enough, but that when all is said and done, one knows exactly nothing.”
― Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria
― Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria
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