“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
“The mere aspiration is a partial realization”
Anna Cora Mowatt
“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
“When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.”
George Eliot
“The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life”
“Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom”
Ayn Rand
