cham

~ touch me ~
~ not with your hands ~
~ but the way i can feel you ~
~ touch me ~
~ not with your hands ~
~ but within your soul ~
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
"MANS MIND ONCE STRETCHED BY NEW IDEAS MAY NEVER REGAIN ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS"
"The design of a book is the pattern of reality controlled and shaped by the writer. This is completely understood about poetry or fiction, but is too seldom realized about a book of facts."
"It is the theory that decides what we can observe."
"If you can't change your mind are you sure you still have one?"
"Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever."
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly."
"Absence of proof is not proof of absence."
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
"WARNING: You are being indoctrinated... What you are being taught is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors... Those of you who are more robust and individual than others, will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself... Those that stay must remember, always and all the time, that they are being molded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this society."