Upon - Quotes
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
To have a child is the greatest honor and responsibility that can be bestowed upon any living being.
Is it not better to place a question mark upon a problem while seeking an answer than to put the label "God" there and consider the matter solved?
I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.
Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow -
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Let gratitude be the pillow
Upon which you kneel to
Say your nightly prayer
And let faith be the bridge
You build to overcome evil
And welcome good.
Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Be not afraid of greatness [...]. Some are born great, [...] some achieve greatness, [...] and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.