“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.”
Mark Twain
“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide”
Buddha
“All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing”
D.H. Lawrence
“The articulate voice is more distracting than mere noise”
Seneca
“I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.”
Albert Einstein
“The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.”
Wallace Stevens
“The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life”
