Black Stones

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or stones:

“th’ other black and grave, wherewith each one
Is checker’d all along,
Humilitie:”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“... if we take the universe of ‘fitting,’ countless coats ‘fit’ backs, and countless boots ‘fit’ feet, on which they are not practically fitted; countless stones ‘fit’ gaps in walls into which no one seeks to fit them actually. In the same way countless opinions ‘fit’ realities, and countless truths are valid, tho no thinker ever thinks them.”
—William James (1842–1910)