There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.
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J C A ROWE Why is it that we humans don't have tails or fluffy ears like animals have? If I have a tail, I woul... J C A ROWE Lady Luck only favours gentlemen. J C A ROWE Home is where my ass is, on the sofa. J C A ROWE The amount of energy saved by switching off the phone charger is exactly the same as the energy used... DAVID J. C. MACKAY Fridges can be modified to nudge their internal thermostats up and down just a little in response to... DAVID J. C. MACKAY The United States consumes power per land-area at a rate three times the average. Even though they a... DAVID J. C. MACKAY To have constructive conversations about the world's energy options, one needs to take a calm lo... DAVID J. C. MACKAY Solving climate change is a complex topic, but in a single crude brush-stroke, here is the solution:... DAVID J. C. MACKAY I was distressed by the poor quality of the debate surrounding energy. I was also noticing so much g... DAVID J. C. MACKAY Fusion power is speculative and experimental. I think it is reckless to assume that the fusion probl... DAVID J. C. MACKAY The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deser... DAVID J. C. MACKAY Most of physics is about energy, and physicists understand inefficiencies. I wanted to write a book ... DAVID J. C. MACKAY I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do ... DAVID J. C. MACKAY I would like to help people have honest and constructive conversations about energy. We need to unde... DAVID J. C. MACKAY What is truth" I was asked. "Truth is neither good nor bad. Neither evil nor pure. It just is." That... C. JOYBELL C. There is no worse discriminator than envy. No worse traitor than envy. Even those who are seemingly ... C. JOYBELL C. The shame and the downfall of a modern materialistic society is her inability to treasure, care for,... C. JOYBELL C. Pink is a beautiful color, because it is one of the colors that the sun makes at twilight and in the... C. JOYBELL C. The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to hap... C C COLTON There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest ma... C C COLTON True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. C. C. COLTON There are types of people who want to have leverage over other people's lives. For no other reason t... C. JOYBELL C. There are those whose primary ability is to spin wheels of manipulation. It is their second skin and... C. JOYBELL C. The goodness of a person is normally judged based upon how they act towards those whom they consider... C. JOYBELL C. Just because a person is attractive/beautiful, this does not mean it is okay to villainize them. We ... C. JOYBELL C. What kind of a world do we live in, when the good are taken advantage of by the bad, while the bad h... C. JOYBELL C. I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves,... C. JOYBELL C. Man is not defiled by his impurities. It is the other man pointing out his impurities to him, whom h... C. JOYBELL C. As you go about your daily life, you will encounter many lemons. Sour expressions, sour attitudes, s... C. JOYBELL C. When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or... C. JOYBELL C. Some people come and go and are forgotten. But there are other people who share a part in our destin... C. JOYBELL C. I have met so many heartbroken men. It's a catastrophe. Women are easily overcome by the process tha... C. JOYBELL C. For some people, “the point of no return” begins at the very moment their souls become aware of ... C. JOYBELL C. Love is like a good cake; you never know when it's coming, but you'd better eat it when it does! C. JOYBELL C.