I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
- Topic: Discovery, Life, Time
- Location: Antelope Canyon
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It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress. To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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Man is a universe in little.
There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
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I think it’s important to realize that you can miss something, but not want it back.
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No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.
