NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen. …. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty believe in them and try to follow where they lead.
To see the earth as it truly is small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats is to see riders on the earth together brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold brothers who know now they are truly brothers.
With reference to the narrative of events far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand I did not even trust my own impressions but it rests partly on what I saw myself partly on what others saw for me the accuracy of the report always being tried by the most severe and detailed tests possible. My conclusions have cost me some labor from the want of coincidence between accounts of the same occurrences by different eye-witnesses arising sometimes from imperfect memory sometimes from undue partiality for one side or the other.
It is easy to see hard to foresee.
NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen. …. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
It is as hard to see oneself as to look backwards without turning around.
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty believe in them and try to follow where they lead.
I say with Didacus Stella a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.
A field cannot well be seen from within the field.
To see the earth as it truly is small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats is to see riders on the earth together brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold brothers who know now they are truly brothers.
Before beginning a Hunt it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
To see what is in front of ones nose requires a constant struggle.
A man can do what he wants but not want what he wants.
With reference to the narrative of events far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand I did not even trust my own impressions but it rests partly on what I saw myself partly on what others saw for me the accuracy of the report always being tried by the most severe and detailed tests possible. My conclusions have cost me some labor from the want of coincidence between accounts of the same occurrences by different eye-witnesses arising sometimes from imperfect memory sometimes from undue partiality for one side or the other.
Why dont you come up sometime n see me? Im home every evening…. Come up. Ill tell your fortune…. Ah you can be had.
Seeing is different than being told.