What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
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Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.Joseph Wood Krutch
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies.
Joseph Wood Krutch
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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