And now - Plato's words mock me in the shadows on the ledge behind the flames: '...the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes. Daniel Keyes More Quotes by Daniel Keyes More Quotes From Daniel Keyes Strange about learning; the farther I go the more I see that I never knew even existed. A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it. Is there time? Daniel Keyes strange able world I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone. Daniel Keyes knows wanted feels I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been. Daniel Keyes life-or-death ifs fear Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn. Daniel Keyes intelligence-and-education affection damn Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is something else I've discovered for myself very recently. I present it to you as a hypothesis: Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis. And I say that the mind absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end, to the exclusion of human relationships, can only lead to violence and pain. Daniel Keyes psychosis pain self ...Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad I had a second chance in life like you said to be smart because I learned a lot of things that I never knew were in this world, and I'm grateful I saw it even for a little bit. Daniel Keyes smart grateful sorry There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection. Daniel Keyes affection giving people So this is how a person can come to despise himself-knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop. Daniel Keyes despise able knowing Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be. Daniel Keyes important college reason People think it's funny when a dumb person can't do things the same way they can. Daniel Keyes dumb people thinking How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence. Daniel Keyes eye men thinking I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication. Another case of men devoting their lives to studying more and more about less and less - filling volumes and libraries with the subtle linguistic analysis of the grunt. Daniel Keyes library discipline men Why am I always looking at life through a window? Daniel Keyes window Im like a man whos been half-asleep all his life, trying to find out what he was like before he woke up. Daniel Keyes half trying men Dr. Strauss said I had something that was very good. He said I had a good motor-vation. I never ever knew I had that. I felt proud when he said that not every body with an eye-q of 68 had that thing. I don't know what it is or where I got it but he said Algernon had it too. Algernons motor-vation is the cheese they put in his box. But it can't be that because I didn't eat any cheese last week. Daniel Keyes drs body eye The path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--one of many ways--and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming. Daniel Keyes mazes knowing way The only question now is: How much can I hang on to? Daniel Keyes No one really starts anything new, Mrs. Nemur. Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of knowledge is what counts. Daniel Keyes originals men Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together. This kind of picture is a lie. Things are forced to fit because the writer or the director or somebody wanted something in that didn't belong. And it doesn't feel right Daniel Keyes together believe lying The universe was exploding, each particle away from the next, hurtling us into dark and lonely space, eternally tearing us away from each other - child out of the womb, friend away from friend, moving from each other, each through his own pathway towards the goal-box of solitary death. Daniel Keyes lonely children moving
