Quotes: Beginnings

Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We’ve seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.

From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as far back as the beginnings of life at large.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn’t being applauded when you arrive – for that is common – but being missed when you leave.

Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist’s search for truth.

What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain’s repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country.

We come to beginnings only at the end.

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.