This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be a merchant? What relation to an immortal being have the price of linseed, the tare on tallow, or the brokerage on hemp? Can an undying creature debit petty expenses and charge for carriage paid? The soul ties its shoes; the mind washes its hands in a basin. All is incongruous.
Contradiction | Mind | Price | Soul | Wisdom |
A brilliant mind without faith is like a beautiful face without eyes.
Henri Bergson, aka Henri-Louis Bergson
The tools of the mind become burdens when the environment which made them necessary no longer exists.
Gifts are the greatest usury, because a two-fold retribution is an urged effect that a noble mind prompts us to; and it is said we pay the most for what is given us.
Only an incompetent mind is content to express itself incompetently.
Bernard Baruch, fully Bernard Mannes Baruch
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
Blame | Consciousness | Heart | Nothing | Soul | Wisdom | Approval |
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Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Ludwig Börne, fully Karl Ludwig Börne
It is not the mind, it is the heart that makes free.