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It is disastrous to own more of anything than you can possess, and it is one of the most fundamental laws of human nature that our power actually to possess is limited.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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Joseph Wood Krutch
Age: 76 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 25
Died: 1970
Died: May 22
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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.
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The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy, but which it is powerless to enrich.
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If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.
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To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.
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We must not judge the society of the future by considering whether or not we should like to live in it the question is whether those who have grown up in it will be happier than those who have grown up in our society or those of the past.
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Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.
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Though we face the facts of sex we are more reluctant than ever to face the fact of death or the crueler facts of life, either biological or social.
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It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
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Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.
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It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.
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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.
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The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing.
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