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“The species with eyes appears suddenly, capriciously as it were, and it is this species which changes the environment by creating its visible aspect. The eye does not come into being because it is needed. Just the contrary; because the eye appears it can henceforth be applied as a serviceable instrument. Each species builds up its stock of useful habits by selecting among, and taking advantage of, the innumerable useless actions which a living being performs out of sheer exuberance.”
History as a System • Jose Ortega y Gasset“Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceive of doing it. And the simple way she lived—not in the least like the rich. ”
Book I • Marcus Aurelius“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.”
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept • Paulo Coelho“Gratitude fills us with rejoicing, for it so rarely finds frank expression; delicacy of feeling warms our hearts.”
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman • Stefan Zweig“The universe is transformation: life is opinion. ”
Book IV • Marcus Aurelius