"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."
"We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it."
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Source: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1987). “National Music: And Other Essays”, Oxford University Press, USA
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