“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
“Mere enthusiasm is the all in all. . . .Passion and expression are beauty itself.”
William Blake
“I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products”
Marcel Duchamp
“I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.”
Albert Einstein
“The articulate voice is more distracting than mere noise”
Seneca
“The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.”
William Bolitho
“The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life”
