“The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.”
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R Is for Rocket (1962)
“The mediator between head and hands must be the heart!”
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“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
John Ruskin
(1819–1900) English writer and art critic
The Two Paths, Lecture II: The Unity of Art, section 54 (1859).
“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.”
Robert M. Pirsig
(1928–2017) American writer and philosopher
Francis of Assisi
(1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
This quote was actually composed by Louis Nizer, and published in his book, Between You and Me (1948).
Misattributed
Variant: He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
John Calvin
(1509–1564) French Protestant reformer
Page 69.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)
“Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.”
Louisa May Alcott
(1832–1888) American novelist
“In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.”
Edward Gibbon
(1737–1794) English historian and Member of Parliament
Vol. 1, Chap. 48. Compare: "He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief", Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (on Hampden), History of the Rebellion, Vol. iii, Book vii, Section 84.
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Volume 1 (1776)
Eugene V. Debs
(1855–1926) American labor and political leader
As quoted in "Life of Eugene V. Debs" by Stephen Marion Reynolds, in Debs : His Life, Writings and Speeches (1908) edited by Bruce Rogers and Stephen Marion Reynolds, p. 71
Context: I am not a Labor Leader; I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out. You must use your heads as well as your hands, and get yourself out of your present condition; as it is now the capitalists use your heads and your hands.
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 25
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Context: I think that if we are going to reform the world, and make it a better place to live in, the way to do it is not with talk about relationships of a political nature, which are inevitably dualistic, full of subjects and objects and their relationship to one another; or with programs full of things for other people to do. I think that kind of approach starts it at the end and presumes the end is the beginning. Programs of a political nature are important end products of social quality that can be effective only if the underlying structure of social values is right. The social values are right only if the individual values are right. The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. <!-- p. 304