“Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.”
William James
“I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.”
Albert Einstein
“Increasingly, I realized that I could not merely tell his story. Rather, I would have to tell my story about him.”
Ronald Steel
“The mere aspiration is a partial realization”
Anna Cora Mowatt
“The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life”
“When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.”
George Eliot
“We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.”
Friedrich Nietzsche