We Imagine That We Want

We Are Bothered A Good Deal By People Who Assume The Responsibility Of The World When God Is Neglectful.

The Truth Is Not Wonderful Enough To Suit The Newspapers; So They Enlarge Upon It, And Invent Ridiculous Embellishments.

Language Grows Out Of Life, Out Of Its Needs And Experiences...language And Knowledge Are Indissolubly Connected; They Are Interdependent. Good Work In Language Presupposes And Depends On A Real Knowledge Of Things.

Certain Periods In History Suddenly Lift Humanity To An Observation Point Where A Clear Light Falls Upon A World Previously Dark.

Is It Not True, Then, That My Life With All Its Limitation Touches At Many Points The Life Of The World Beautiful? Everything Has Its Wonders, Even Darkness And Silence, And I Learn, Whatever State I May Be, Therein To Be Content.