And this is cumulative, and therefore progressive.

Aristotle viewed the solar sys tem as a geometrical problem; Kepler and Newton converted the point of view into a dynamical one. Aristotle's mental capacity to understand the meaning of facts or to criticise a train of reasoning may have been equal to that of Kepler or N ewton, but the point of view was different. -George Forbes, History of Astronom y, 1909. We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleas ure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity of the p henomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich p recisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishmen t. -Johannes Kepler Theory and practice are not the same. Some speak of theory with the confidence a s if it had been proven for a thousand years. If you demand proof in practice, t rouble yourself not too much by those who are happy to think theory and practice are one in the same. If practice is your proof then rejoice that you have found your enjoyment, but be careful that you not think of yourself as practical when you have not proven in practice that with you theorize. The same proof in pract ice that you demand of others, must be demanded of you. Do not demand of others that which displeases you when you are placed under the same demand. -China Si nclair Don't mind anything anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and every thing for yourself. -Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881. To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preco nceived to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that this doubtless is the right way to live. -Henry James The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncras y. Consistency was in itself distinction, and what was talent but the art of bei ng completely whatever it was that one happened to be? -Henry James Live all you can it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. -Henry James, The Ambassadors, 1903 . The right time is ANY time that one is still so lucky as to have. -Henry James, The Ambassadors, 1903. Don't at any rate miss things out of stupidity. -Henry James, The Ambassadors, 1903. The effect, if not the prime office, of criticism is to make our absorption and our enjoyment of the things that feed the mind as aware of itself as possible, s ince that awareness quickens the mental demand, which thus in turn wanders furth er and further for pasture. This action on the part of the mind practically amou nts to a reaching out for the reasons of its interest, as only by its ascertaini ng them can the interest grow more various. This is the very education of our im aginative life. -Henry James, The New Novel, 1914. Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who ge ts into a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whether he is going. Practice must always be founded on sound theory, and to this Perspect ive is the guide and the gateway; and without this nothing can be done well in t he matter of drawing. -Leonardo Da Vinci Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the l ove of the Father is not in him. For everything in the worldthe cravings of sinfu l man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and doescomes not fro m the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the ma n who does the will of God lives forever. -The Bible, I John 2:15-17 There is no right way to do the wrong thing. -Unknown When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the a ttention of the world. -George Washington Carver If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with w ords or tongue but with actions and in truth. -The Bible, 1 John 3:17-18, NIV.

Finally, obey what God tells you. Your spiritual train is running on two rails. One is revelation and the other is obedience. And if either rail stops, your tra in stops. Learn to obey the Word of God. -Adrian Rogers Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body. --Benjamin Franklin Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow. -Jo hn Neal I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience. -The Bible, Revelation 2:2, KJV. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To hi m that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. -The Bible, Revelation 2:7, KJV. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give po wer over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. An d I will give him the morning star. -The Bible, Revelation 2:26-28, KJV. Well, so I did; but yet I did not think To shew to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode; I only thought to make I knew not what; nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour: no, not I; I did it my own self to gratify. -John Bunyan, Pilgrims Progress. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? Behold how he engageth all his wits; Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets; Yet fish there be, that neither hook, nor line, Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine: They must be groped for, and be tickled too, Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do. -John Bunyan, Pilgrims Progress. Solidity, indeed, becomes the pen Of him that writeth things divine to men; But must I needs want solidness, because By metaphors I speak? Were not God's laws, His gospel laws, in olden times held forth