"I cannot judge my work while I..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
I cannot judge my work while I am doing it. I have to do as painters do, stand back and view it from a distance, but not too great a distance. How great? Guess.
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“There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.”
“It is not certain that everything is uncertain.”
“Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.”
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“Basketball isn't my job.”
“I'm putting my life at risk, literally! And if I slipped... You never know. And I think about it. I think about my family and I'm like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.”
“If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.”
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“Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance”
“...But we enjoyed playing games and were punished for them by men who played games themselves. However, grown-up games are known as 'business' and even though boys' games are much the same, they are punished for them by their elders. No one pities either the boys or the men, though surely we deserve pity, for I cannot believe that a good judge would approve of the beatings I received as a boy on the ground that my games delayed my progress in studying subjects which would enable me to play a less creditable game later in life.”
“Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.”