“PRAYER to the sun above the clouds.Sun that givest all things birth,shine on everything on earth!If that's too much to demand,shine at least on this our land.If even that's too much for thee,shine at any rate on me.”
Piet Hein“The road to wisdom? Well it's plain And simple to express: Err And err And err again But less And less And less.”
Piet Hein“If no thought your mind does visit make your speech not too explicit.”
Piet Hein“The road to wisdom? Well it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again. But less and less and less.”
Piet Hein“Nobody can be lucky all the time,so when your luck deserts you in some fashiondon't think you've been abandoned in your prime,but rather that you're saving up your ration.”
Piet Hein“Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,and you're hampered by not having any,the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny.No - not so that chance shall decide the affairwhile you're passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air,you suddenly know what you're hoping. ”
Piet Hein“WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINKSome people cowerand wince and shrink,owing to fear ofwhat people may think.There is one answerto worries like these:people may thinkwhat the devil they please.”
Piet Hein“PRESCRIPTION A bitof virtuewill neverhurt you.”
Piet Hein“A PSYCHOLOGICAL TIPWhenever you're called on to make up your mind,and you're hampered by not having any,the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,is simply by spinning a penny.No -- not so that chance shall decide the affairwhile you're passively standing there moping;but the moment the penny is up in the air,you suddenly know what you're hoping.”
Piet Hein“MankindMen, said the Devil,are good to their brothers:they don’t want to mendtheir own ways, but each other's.”
Piet Hein“ON PROBLEMSOur choicest planshave fallen through,our airiest castlestumbled over,because of lineswe neatly drewand later neatlystumbled over.”
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