A dated collection of reflections previously featured on the Beans for Brain homepage. Each entry preserves the quotation, author and supplied source for later reading.
REFLECTION SPOTLIGHT
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September 2026
“Everything there is simply order and beauty, luxury, peace and sensual indulgence.”
“Today, if something is not worth saying, people sing it.”
“For all knowledge and wonder—which is the seed of knowledge—is an impression of pleasure in itself.”
“A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.”
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”
“My eyes have seen what my hand did.”
“People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.”
“History is past politics, and politics is present history.”
“There are a number of qualities that define effective teachers, but one that stands out to me is this: teachers are enjoying their own lesson and they’re enjoying the students they’re teaching.”
“Man for man, one division is as good as another. They vary only in the skill and leadership of their commanders.”
“Everyone must row with the oars he has.”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
“Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.”
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