Man must learn to simplify, but not to the point of falsification.
A good documentary or educational film is not raw experience. The material has passed the mill of reason, it has been sifted and interpreted.
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
The least touchable object in the world is the eye.
Television is a new, hard test of our wisdom. If we succeed in mastering the new medium it will enrich us. But it can also put our mind to sleep. We must not forget that in the past the inability to transport immediate experience and to convey it to others made the use of language necessary and thus compelled the human mind to develop concepts. For in order to describe things one must draw the general from the specific; one must select, compare, think. When communication can be achieved by pointing with the finger, however, the mouth grows silent, the writing hand stops, and the mind shrinks.
Every act is a visual judgement.
Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.
Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.
if we begin on the men, there is no stopping. We must love them when we can.
Growing maturity is marked by the increasing liberties we take with our travelling. . . we made the discovery (some people never make it) that real books can be taken on a journey and that hours of golden reading can so be added to its other delights.
Chose to converse with your Father in Heaven often. Make time every day to share your thoughts and feelings with Him.