Never let the sense of
Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step., Oswald Chambers,
The spirit, the will t
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure., Vince Lombardi, US football coach (1913 1970)
The best thing about t
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
Success seems to be la
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go, William Feather, (1908 1976)
The value of a man res
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
The future depends on
The future depends on what we do in the present., Mahatma Gandhi, Indian ascetic nationalist leader (1869 1948)
Kind words can be shor
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless., Mother Teresa, Indian humanitarian missionary (1910 1997)
Great things are done
Great things are done by a seris of small things brought together., Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter (1853 1890)
The greatest motivatio
The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen., Roy Moody,
Quality is never an ac
Quality is never an accident. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives., Willa Foster,
Make failure your teac
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker., Zig Ziglar,
Challenges are what ma
Challenges are what makes life interesting overcoming them is what makes life meaningful., Joshua J. Marine,
You must do the things
You must do the things you think you cannot do., Eleanor Roosevelt, US diplomat reformer (1884 1962)
I never saw a pessimis
I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle., Dwight D. Eisenhower, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Experience is a hard t
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lessons afterwards., Vernon Law,
Wisdom is not a produc
Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life long attempt to acquire it., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
Never mistake knowledg
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living the other helps you make a life., Sandra Carey,
Life is like riding a
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
Where you start is not
Where you start is not as important as where you finish., Zig Ziglar,
Courage is the power o
Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear., Martin Luther King Jr., US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
Outside show is a poor
Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth., Aesop, Greek slave fable author (620 BC 560 BC)
Leadership is based on
Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination on cooperation, not intimidation., William Arthur Wood,
The first wealth is he
The first wealth is health., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Start every day off wi
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with., W. C. Fields, US actor (1880 1946)
Failure is the opportu
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently., Henry Ford, US automobile industrialist (1863 1947)
The greatest mistake a
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one., Elbert Hubbard, US author (1856 1915)
In order to succeed, w
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can., Michael Korda,
Happiness is in the jo
Happiness is in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort., Franklin Roosevelt,
What happens to a man
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him., Louis L. Mann,
Some succeed because t
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to., Henry Van Dyke,
Constant and determine
Constant and determined effort breaks down all resistence and sweeps away all obstacles., Claude M Bristol,
Continuous effort is t
Continuous effort is the key to unlocking our potential., Black Elk, Native American,
We do not remember day
We do not remember days, we remember moments., Cesare Pavese, Italian author, novelist, translator (1908 1950)
With stupidity the god
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain., Friedrich von Schiller, German dramatist poet (1759 1805)
The harder the conflic
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph., Thomas Paine, US patriot political philosopher (1737 1809)
Big jobs usually go to
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Every time you are not
Every time you are not practicing someone else is., Boris Becker,
My favorite part of th
My favorite part of the game is the opportunity to play., Mike Singletary,
The pessimist complain
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails., John Maxwell,
The greatest use of li
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it., William James, US Pragmatist philosopher psychologist (1842 1910)
There are no great lim
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder., Ronald Reagan, 40th president of US (1911 2004)
The secret of success
The secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
History is the record
History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances., Donald Creighton,
To keep the body in go
To keep the body in good health is a duty otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear., Buddha, Indian philosopher religious leader (563 BC 483 BC)
With love and patience
With love and patience, nothing is impossible., Daisaku Ikeda,
If you are not big eno
If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win., Walter Reuther,
When one is in town on
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring., Oscar Wilde, Jack from The Importance of Being Earnest, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
If you want to get lai
If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to a library., Frank Zappa, US musician, singer, songwriter (1940 1993)
You campaign in poetry
You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose., Mario Cuomo,
Wisdom born of experie
Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war., Martin Luther King Jr., The Christmas Sermon On Peace in on Dec 24 1967, US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
I’ve seen too much h
I’ve seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say:”We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you.... But be assured that we’ll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory., Martin Luther King Jr., A Christmas Sermon for Peace on Dec 24 1967, US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
I want to do something
I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that’s too bad., Kurt Cobain,
If you follow all the
If you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun., Katherine Hepburn,
The most painful state
The most painful state of living is remembering the future., Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 1855)
It is good for a man t
It is good for a man to eat thistles and to remember that he is an ass., E. S. Dallas,
I think that God in cr
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
The world is a tragedy
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think., Horace Walpole, lived 17171797, English author (1717 1797)
There is no eraser on
There is no eraser on the end of a scalpel., Douglas Leonard Martin, Douglas Leonard Martin in a letter to FDA in 1975.,
I liked New York when
I liked New York when it was an upanddown city for me, low streets and high buildings. But then, for me, it grew horizontalmonotonous., Jasper Johns (lithographer), Newsweek, Oct. 24 1977 page 42.,
Gratitude is a sickne
Gratitude is a sickness, suffered by dogs., Joseph Stalin, Georgian Soviet politician (1879 1953)
Die, but do not retrea
Die, but do not retreat., Joseph Stalin, Georgian Soviet politician (1879 1953)
The only real power co
The only real power comes out of a long rifle., Joseph Stalin, Georgian Soviet politician (1879 1953)
I believe in one thing
I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will., Joseph Stalin, Georgian Soviet politician (1879 1953)
The people who cast th
The people who cast the votes do not decide an election, the people who count the votes do., Joseph Stalin, Georgian Soviet politician (1879 1953)
Never argue with a foo
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference., Anonymous,
A cigarette is the per
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?, Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Live simply, so that a
Live simply, so that all may simply live., St, Elizabeth Ann Seton (17741821) Foundress of the Sisters of Charity, USA, Speech given in the Diocese of Baltimore,
God be between you and
God be between you and harm in all the empty places where you must walk., Ancient Egyptian Blessing,
I like it [The Bible]
I like it [The Bible] as a book. Just like I like The Cat In The Hat, Marilyn Manson,
Daylight, in my mind,
Daylight, in my mind, the night faded., Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, US novelist (1926 )
It is only the inferio
It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism., H. P. Lovecraft, US horror supernatural author (1890 1937)
What do you mean? Do y
What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not or that you feel good on this morning or that it is a morning to be good on?, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
I have no help to send
I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself., J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
For though I do not as
For though I do not ask for aid, we need it., J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Boromir, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Few can foresee whithe
Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
He should not vow to w
He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall., J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Elrond, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
The treacherous are ev
The treacherous are ever distrustful., J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf on Saruman, The Two Towers, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Their Oath shall drive
Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue., J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Education is a progre
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance., Will Durant, US historian (1885 1981)
With hope or without h
With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!, J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
Some who have read the
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works..., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
I am in fact a Hobbit,
I am in fact a Hobbit, in all but size., J. R .R. Tolkien,
It is impossible to sa
It is impossible to say just what I mean!, T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, line 105, British (USborn) critic, dramatist poet (1888 1965)
All art is quite usele
All art is quite useless., Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
I require myself not t
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Things are neither goo
Things are neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so., William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
The wisest mind has so
The wisest mind has something yet to learn., George Santayana, Vol. 53 / No. 18 MMWR page 391, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
He is a fool that cann
He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
The more things change
The more things change, the more they remain... insane., Michael Fry and T. Lewis, Over the Hedge, 050904,
The quality of an orga
The quality of an organization can never exceed the quality of the minds that make it up., Harold R. McAlindon,
If you chase two rabbi
If you chase two rabbits, both will escape., Anonymous,
This Rock has become a
This Rock has become an object of veneration in the United States. I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns in the Union. Does this sufficiently show that all human power and greatness is in the soul of man? Here is a stone which the feet of a few outcasts pressed for an instant and the stone becomes famous it is treasured by a great nation its very dust is shared as a relic., Alexis DeTocqueville,
No matter how long we
No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of ther beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems., Anne Rice, Blood and Gold,
When a man comes to di
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence, and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world., John Steinbeck, East of Eden, US novelist (1902 1968)
Music, when soft voice
Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken., Percy Bysshe Shelley,
The great use of life
The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it., William James, US Pragmatist philosopher psychologist (1842 1910)
The difference between
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits, Anonymous,
I had that familiar co
I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer., F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, US novelist (1896 1940)
We shape our buildings
We shape our buildings and they shape us., Winston Churchill,
I have always felt tha
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents., Winston Churchill,
Those who don’t buil
Those who don’t build must burn. It’s as old as history and juvenile delinquence., Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, US science fiction author (1920 )
I must study politics
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain., John Adams, US diplomat politician (1735 1826)
If it can be dreamed,
If it can be dreamed, it can be done., Walt Disney, Inauguration day of Disney World, US cartoonist movie producer (1901 1966)
You cannot compile a w
You cannot compile a wit out of two halfwits., Joe Orton, (1933 1967)
If there’s one thing
If there’s one thing I know it’s God does love a good joke., Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 050104, Author of the Standing Room Only Weblog (http://blogs.salon.com/0001573/). )
For the great mass of
For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort., Joseph Conrad, English (PolishUkrainianborn) novelist (1857 1924)
If confusion is the fi
If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius., Larry Leissner,
All men dream: but not
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible., T. E. Lawrence,
If I can stop one Hear
If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching, or cool one Pain, Or help one fainting Robin into his Nest again, I shall not live in Vain., Emily Dickinson, US poet (1830 1886)
you may not be respons
you may not be responsible for being down. but you are respinsible for getting up., Jesse Jackson, B.F.A. 1982,
All religions are foun
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. � , Marie Henri Beyle, (17831842), French biographer novelist (1783 1842)
Shallow understanding
Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion, great understanding goes with great compassion., Tich Nhat Han, The sun my heart,
They will kill a great
They will kill a great many of us. We will kill a few of them. They will tire of it first., Ho Chi Minh, When asked how Vietnam could possibly wage war against the West.,
Use soft words and har
Use soft words and hard arguments., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Memory is a giggling s
Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past., Real Live Preacher, weblog, 042904, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com )
But the life that no l
But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer., Martha Nussbaum, O Magazine, November 2003,
The universal brotherh
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
First it is necessary
First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms., Kristin Hunter, O Magazine, November 2003,
God creates men, but t
God creates men, but they choose each other., Niccolo Machiavelli, quoted in O Magazine, November 2003, Italian dramatist, historian, philosopher (1469 1527)
Never doubt that a sma
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has., Margaret Mead, US anthropologist popularizer of anthropology (1901 1978)
Sharing food with anot
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly., M. F. K. Fisher, O Magazine, November 2003,
Bear in mind that you
Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast., Epictetus, Roman (Greekborn) slave Stoic philosopher (55 AD 135 AD)
The art of dining well
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure., Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (1533 1592)
Food is our common gro
Food is our common ground, a universal experience., James Beard, O Magazine, November 2003,
The world is full of w
The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous., Anna Quindlen, O Magazine, May 2003,
What children take fro
What children take from us, they give…We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply., Sonia Taitz, O Magazine, May 2003,
There is…nothing to
There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people., H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003,
A mother is not a pers
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary., Dorothy C. Fisher, quoted in O Magazine, May 2003, US novelist (1879 1958)
The best inheritance a
The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day., M. Grundler,
The art of mothering i
The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children., Elain Heffner, O Magazine, May 2003,
Some are kissing mothe
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same., Pearl Buck, quoted in O Magazine, May 2003, US novelist in China (1892 1973)
With age come the inne
With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, O Magazine, October 2003, US suffragist (1815 1902)
To keep the heart unwr
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age., Thomas Bailey Aldrich, O Magazine, October 2003,
I am an old man, but i
I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life., Pablo Casals, O Magazine, October 2003, Spanish Catalan cellist, composer, conductor (1876 1973)
I have enjoyed greatly
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find at the age of 50 say that a whole new life has opened before you., Agatha Christie, English mystery author (1890 1976)
The heads of strong ol
The heads of strong old age are beautiful beyond all grace of youth., Robinson Jeffers, O Magazine, October 2003,
To be 70 years young i
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old., Oliver Wendell Holmes, US author physician (1809 1894)
The man who removes a
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones., Anonymous,
I passionately hate th
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time., Orson Welles, US actor director (1915 1985)
You can only perceive
You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older., Anouk Aimee, O Magazine, October 2003,
I grow more intense as
I grow more intense as I age., Florida ScottMaxwell, O Magazine, October 2003,
There is no old age. T
There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you., Carol Matthau, O Magazine, October 2003,
As we grow old…the b
As we grow old…the beauty steals inward., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
What makes the engine
What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire., Stanley Kunitz, O Magazine, September 2003,
The worst sin perhaps
The worst sin perhaps the only sin passion can commit, is to be joyless., Dorothy L. Sayers, O Magazine, September 2003, English mystery author (1893 1957)
I had learnt to seek i
I had learnt to seek intensity…more of life, a concentrated sense of life., Nina Berberova, O Magazine, September 2003,
Nothing great in the w
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion., Georg Wilhelm, O Magazine, September 2003,
Blaze with the fire th
Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished., Luisa Sigea, O Magazine, September 2003,
Only passions, great p
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things., Denis Diderot, French author, encyclopedist, philosopher (1713 1784)
Confidence in nonsense
Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Do the one thing you t
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2003, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
Waste no more time tal
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor, A.D. 161180 (121 AD 180 AD)
There was a disturbanc
There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger., Saul Bellow, O Magazine, September 2003, US (Canadianborn) author (1915 )
Strive for excellence,
Strive for excellence, not perfection., H. Jackson Brown Jr., O Magazine, December 2003,
The ancient Greek defi
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence., John F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
To try to be better is
To try to be better is to be better., Charlotte Cushman, quoted in O Magazine, December 2003, US actress (1816 1876)
None of us will ever a
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
Blessed is the person
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
When we do the best th
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
My one aim was to do a
My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible., Josephine demott Robinson, O Magazine, December 2003,
I am here and you will
I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me., Leontyne Price, O Magazine, December 2003,
Then give to the world
Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you., Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003,
I believe the choice t
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, December 2003, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
There is no mistaking
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love., Christopher Morley, US author journalist (1890 1957)
When I step into this
When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it., Marie de Sevigne, O Magazine, December 2003,
Lifetransforming ideas
Lifetransforming ideas have always come to me through books., Bell Hooks, O Magazine, December 2003, American critic and writer )
Dedication is not what
Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
The whole point of bei
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
The key to realizing a
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
To want to be what one
To want to be what one can be is purpose in life., Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002,
One must desire someth
One must desire something to be alive., Margaret Deland, O Magazine, September 2002,
The things that one mo
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing., Winifred Holtby, O Magazine, September 2002,
Human beings have an i
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves., Germaine Greer, O Magazine, September 2002,
Simply the thing that
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live., William Shakespeare, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
I do not want to die..
I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown., Kathe Kollwitz, O Magazine, September 2002,
It has never been my o
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them., Man Ray, O Magazine, September 2002,
The wisest men follow
The wisest men follow their own direction., Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC 406 BC)
The question should be
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done., Allard Lowenstein, O Magazine, September 2002,
Breathe. Let go. And r
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
Acquire inner peace an
Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you., Catherine de Hueck Doherty, O Magazine, October 2002,
There is not any memor
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted., James Branch Cabell, US essayist novelist (1879 1958)
I take it that what al
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace., Joseph Conrad, English (PolishUkrainianborn) novelist (1857 1924)
If you can attain repo
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness., JulieJeanneEleonore de Lespinasse, O Magazine, October 2002,
To sit in the shade on
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment., Jane Austen, English novelist (1775 1817)
Nothing is permanent i
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world not even our troubles., Charlie Chaplin, O Magazine, October 2002, British actor, director, screenwriter (1889 1977)
We have to fight them
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies., Etty Hillesum, O Magazine, October 2002,
We spend most of our t
We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things…[but] there are times when we stop. We sit sill. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper., James Carroll, O Magazine, October 2002,
When we are unable to
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, quoted in O Magazine, October 2002, French author moralist (1613 1680)
Stress is an ignorant
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important., Natalie Goldberg, O Magazine, October 2002,
It is easy to take lib
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you., M. Grundler,
Besides the noble art
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone…The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials., Lin Yutang, O Magazine, October 2002,
If you neglect to rech
If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, April 2003, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
Order is not pressure
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within., Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher politician (1883 1955)
Living is a form of no
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how…We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark., Agnes de Mille, US choreographer dancer (1909 1993)
We can be sure that th
We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves., Francis J. Braceland, O Magazine, April 2003,
So divinely is the wor
So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, O Magazine, April 2003, German dramatist, novelist, poet, scientist (1749 1832)
That which is static a
That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art., John A. Locke,
What I dream of is an
What I dream of is an art of balance., Henri Matisse, O Magazine, April 2003, French Impressionist Fauvist painter (1869 1954)
A book is a version of
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it or offer your own version in return., Salman Rushdie, O Magazine, April 2003, British (Indianborn) author (1947 )
Reading well is one of
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you., Harold Bloom, O Magazine, April 2003, US author, critic, educator, scholar (1930 )
Read not to contradict
Read not to contradict and confute…nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider., Sir Francis Bacon, O Magazine, April 2003, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
If we take care of the
If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves., Maria Edgeworth, O Magazine, April 2004,
The whole life of man
The whole life of man is but a point of time let us enjoy it., Plutarch, Greek biographer moralist (46 AD 120 AD)
This time, like all ti
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
A single day is enough
A single day is enough to make us a little larger., Paul Klee, Swiss Abstractionist painter (1879 1940)
Regret for wasted time
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time., Mason Cooley, O Magazine, April 2004,
Time does not change u
Time does not change us. It just unfolds us., Max Frisch,
"How long does getting
"How long does getting thin take?" Pooh asked anxiously., A. A. Milne, English juvenile author (1882 1956)
All that really belong
All that really belongs to us is time even he who has nothing else has that., Baltasar Gracian,
All my possessions for
All my possessions for a moment of time., Elizabeth I, English queen 15581603 (1533 1603)
Perhaps the feelings t
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be., Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist short story author (1860 1904)
All love that has not
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand., Ella Wheeler Wilcox, O Magazine, February 2004,
To love and be loved i
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides., David Viscott, How to Live with Another Person, 1974,
What else is love but
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do…?, Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 1900)
Real love is a permane
Real love is a permanently selfenlarging experience., M. Scott Peck, O Magazine, February 2004,
Love is, above all els
Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself., Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (1910 1987)
The first duty of love
The first duty of love is to listen., Paul Tillich, O Magazine, February 2004, US (Germanborn) Protestant theologian (1886 1965)
Love is that splendid
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality... the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else., Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher politician (1883 1955)
We can only learn to l
We can only learn to love by loving., Iris Murdoch, O Magazine, February 2004, British novelist (1919 1999)
Every man is the build
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body., Henry David Thoreau, O Magazine, May 2004, US Transcendentalist author (1817 1862)
In a democracy dissent
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects., J. William Fulbright, US politician (1905 )
Things are more like t
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been., Gerald R. Ford, US Republican politician (1913 )
The worst prison would
The worst prison would be a closed heart., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
I never think of the f
I never think of the future it comes soon enough., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
An ounce of action is
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory., Friedrich Engels, German socialist economist (1820 1895)
I prefer to be true to
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence., Frederick Douglass, US abolitionist (1817 1895)
If there is no struggl
If there is no struggle, there is no progress., Frederick Douglass, US abolitionist (1817 1895)
People might not get a
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get., Frederick Douglass, US abolitionist (1817 1895)
Our constitution works
Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men., Gerald R. Ford, on becoming President, Aug. 9 1974, US Republican politician (1913 )
Some men look at const
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched., Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions, 1803, 3rd president of US (1743 1826)
A conservative is a ma
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward., Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, Oct. 26 1939, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
The true conservative
The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech in Syracuse, NY Sep. 29 1936, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
A conservative governm
A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy., Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons, Mar. 3 1845, British politician (1804 1881)
Men are conservatives
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner., Ralph Waldo Emerson, New England Reformers, 1844, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
In all things that inv
In all things that involve social pressures, if we want to see change we have to force the envelope outwards., Gary Lee Phillips,
I once said, We will b
I once said, We will bury you, and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you., Nikita Khrushchev, Speech in Yugoslavia, Aug. 24 1963, Russian Soviet politician (1894 1971)
Whether you like it or
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you., Nikita Khrushchev, remark at the Polish embasy in Moscow, Nov. 18 1956, Russian Soviet politician (1894 1971)
From each according to
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs., Louis Blanc, The Organization of Work, 1840, French (Spanishborn) historian socialist politician (1811 1882)
The century which we a
The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man., Henry Wallace, Speech in New York City, May 8 1942, US editor Democratic politician (1888 1965)
The state is nothing b
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by anotherno less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy., Friedrich Engels, preface to Kark Marx, The Civil War in France, 1891, German socialist economist (1820 1895)
Where justice is denie
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to opress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe., Frederick Douglass, Speech, April 1886, US abolitionist (1817 1895)
The danger is not that
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern., Lord Acton, Letter to Mary Gladstone, 1881,
There is always more m
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher., Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
I believe and I say it
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the government are directed tot he purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer., William Henry Harrison, Speech, October 1 1840, US general politician (1773 1841)
The best political com
The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class., Aristotle, Politics, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
The citizen who critic
The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute., J. William Fulbright, Speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. April 28 1966, US politician (1905 )
The ignorance of one v
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all., John F. Kennedy, speech at Vanderbilt University, May 18 1963, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
Everyone who receives
Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit., John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, English economist philosopher (1806 1873)
The perfect bureaucrat
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility., Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun, 1951, (1894 1984)
"Do what thou wilt sha
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.", Aleister Crowley, English occultist (1875 1947)
As an athlete, when yo
As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty., John The Penguin Bingham, The courage to start,
Forgiveness is the fra
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds upon the heel that crushes it., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
His ignorance is encyc
His ignorance is encyclopedic., Abba Eban, Israeli (S. Africanborn) diplomat politician (1915 2002)
It is not fair to ask
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself., Eleanor Roosevelt, US diplomat reformer (1884 1962)
I believe that to meet
I believe that to meet the challenge of the next century, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind., His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speech? in 1994,
It still remains true
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous., C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man, English essayist juvenile novelist (1898 1963)
For every action there
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program., Bob Wells,
Every poem can be cons
Every poem can be considered in two waysas what the poet has to say, and as a thing which he makes., C. S. Lewis, A preface to Paradise Lost, English essayist juvenile novelist (1898 1963)
Badness is only spoile
Badness is only spoiled goodness., C. S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity, English essayist juvenile novelist (1898 1963)
This year, or this mon
This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people., C. S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity, English essayist juvenile novelist (1898 1963)
Ignore the awful times
Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones., Kurt Vonnegut, slaughterhouse 5, US novelist (1922 )
If a million people se
If a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies., Quentin Tarantino, Referring to the movie Pulp Fiction,
A man is but the produ
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes., Mahatma Gandhi, Indian ascetic nationalist leader (1869 1948)
Life is made up of mar
Life is made up of marble and mud., Nathaniel Hawthorne, US author (1804 1864)
We make our fortunes a
We make our fortunes and call them fate., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
Those who become enamo
Those who become enamored of practices without science are like sailors who go aboard ship without a rudder and compass, for they are never certain where they will land., Leonardo da Vinci, The Wisdom of Leonardo da Vinci, Italian engineer, painter, sculptor (1452 1519)
Idiots...nothing can l
Idiots...nothing can live forever., Magus Dactylus, Chronotrigger,
Sex is a part of natur
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature., Marilyn Monroe, US actress (1926 1962)
A democracy is two wol
A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
There is no confusion
There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind., F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7, US novelist (1896 1940)
The measure of a socie
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life., Jimmy Carter, US diplomat Democratic politician (1924 )
Violence is the last r
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent., Isaac Asimov, Salvor Hardin in Foundation, US science fiction novelist scholar (1920 1992)
I believe that freedom
I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul., George W. Bush, Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13 2004, 43rd President of US (1946 )
You need only claim th
You need only claim the event of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality., Florida ScottMaxwell, Oprah Magazine, May 2004,
The older I get, the m
The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful..., Sharon Olds, Oprah Magazine, May 2004,
We come and go just li
We come and go just like ripples in a stream., John V. Politis,
It is confidence in ou
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn which is what life is all about., Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Magazine, May 2004, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
If any thing is sacred
If any thing is sacred the human body is sacred., Walt Whitman, US poet (1819 1892)
The power of illustrat
The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience., David P. Mikkelson, Snopes.com, 041004, Writer at snopes.com )
If you have an apple a
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Each time someone stan
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope., Robert F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1925 1968)
It is time, it is high
It is time, it is high time... Yes, but to do what?, Friedrich Nietzsche, So spake Zarathoustra, German philosopher (1844 1900)
The time is always rig
The time is always right to do what is right., Martin Luther King Jr., US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
Fear keeps pace with h
Fear keeps pace with hope. Nor does their so moving together surprise me both belong to a mind in suspense, to a mind in a state of anxiety through looking into the future. Both are mainly due to projecting our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present. Thus it is that foresight, the greatest blessing humanity has been given, is transformed into a curse., Seneca, Letters to Lucilius V, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
Maturity comes not wit
Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!, Edwin Louis Cole,
And when the hourglass
And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its restless or ineffectual activism has come to an end, when everything around you is still, as it is in eternity, then eternity asks you and every individual in these millions and millions about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not., Soren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death, Danish philosopher (1813 1855)
Those only are happy w
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way., John Stuart Mill, English economist philosopher (1806 1873)
We can forgive you for
We can forgive you for killing our sons. But we will never forgive you for making us kill yours., Golda Meir, to Anwar Saddat just before the peace talks., Israeli (Russianborn) politician (1898 1978)
It may seem difficult
It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first., Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings,
Stand firm in your ref
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra., Fran Lebowitz, US writer and humorist (1950 )
There is no king who h
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
Science may have found
Science may have found a cure for most evils but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all the apathy of human beings., Hellen Keller,
The poet ranks far bel
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things., Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian engineer, painter, sculptor (1452 1519)
Let every nation know,
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty., John F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
A man may die, nations
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on., John F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
It is always incompreh
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage., Jane Austen, English novelist (1775 1817)
Kind words can be shor
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless., Mother Teresa, Indian humanitarian missionary (1910 1997)
Good people do not nee
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws., Plato, Greek author philosopher in Athens (427 BC 347 BC)
Knowledge is true opin
Knowledge is true opinion., Plato, Greek author philosopher in Athens (427 BC 347 BC)
Mankind must put an en
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind., John F. Kennedy, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
It is true greatness t
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
While we are postponin
While we are postponing, life speeds by., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
All you umpires, back
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I’ve won or lost. At sunrise, I’m out again, giving it the old try., Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 Coda, US science fiction author (1920 )
The strength of women
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women… merely adored., Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Nothing in all the wor
Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past., Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat,
When its a question of
When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Think for yourselves a
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Indeed, history is not
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Do well and you will h
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Practice random beauty
Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love., Anonymous,
The more corrupt the s
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws., Tacitus,
il faut laisser du tem
il faut laisser du temps au temps (you have to give time time approximate translation), Francois Mitterand,
Let us not forget that
Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper., Albert Einstein, Dilip Kumar Roy, (famous Indian classical singer), had cited the above quotation of Einstein in one of his let, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
Find out just what peo
Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress., Frederick Douglass, US abolitionist (1817 1895)
Love is a perky elf da
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun., Matt Groening, US cartoonist satirist (1954 )
I dont want to be cro
I dont want to be cross, Love cannot be forced., Edith Frank, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,
Life appears to me too
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs., charlotte bronte, Jane Eyre, page 62, English novelist (1816 1855)
I hold a creed, which
I hold a creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldon mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all it makes eternity a rest a mighty home not a terror and an abyss. With this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime, I can so sincerly forgive the first while I abhor the last with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degredation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice bever crushes me too low I live in calm, looking to the end., Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, page 62, English novelist (1816 1855)
It is by will alone th
It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion., Mentat Prayer,
The unexamined life is
The unexamined life is not worth living., Socrates, Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC 399 BC)
We should be taught no
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action., Frank Tibolt,
The wit makes fun of o
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with peoplethat is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature., James Thurber, US author, cartoonist, humorist, satirist (1894 1961)
The only rules comedy
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel., James Thurber, US author, cartoonist, humorist, satirist (1894 1961)
Beliefs are what divid
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
To refuse awards is an
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
The only reason I made
The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
It is our responsibili
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
Children are the only
Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
Comedy is simply a fun
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
The point of living an
The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
Did you know that ever
Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?, Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
I was irrevocably betr
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilised music in the world., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
The more you know, the
The more you know, the less you need to show., Anonymous,
Critics search for age
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
In America, through pr
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from., Peter Ustinov, English actor author (1921 2004)
Of all the preposterou
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the wellhoused, well warmed, and wellfed., Herman Melville, US novelist sailor (1819 1891)
How much easier it is
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct., Benjamin Disraeli, Speech at the House of Commons, January 24 1860, British politician (1804 1881)
I think there is a wor
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers., Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM in 1943,
The credit Union movem
The credit Union movement..It is a great movement, worthy of great deeds, deserving of great loyalty., Edward Filene, founded the first credit union in the U.S.,
A credit union is not
A credit union is not an ordinary financial concern, seeking to enrich its members at the expense of the general public. Neither is it a loan company, seeking to make a profit at the expense of the unfortunates… The credit union is nothing of the kind it is the expression in the field of economics of a high social ideal., Alphonse Desjardins, The Canadian credit union pioneer made the remarks in a speech in the early 1900s.,
There are more things
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy., William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
In times of universal
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act., George Orwell, English essayist, novelist, satirist (1903 1950)
The hardest thing in l
The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn., David Russell,
Ah, make the most of w
Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, before we too into the dust descend., Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,
Where, after all, do u
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: The neighbourhood he lives in the school or college he attends the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world., Eleanor Roosevelt, US diplomat reformer (1884 1962)
Boldness in itself is
Boldness in itself is genius., L. Ron Hubbard,
The trouble with the w
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
No great leader in his
No great leader in history fought to prevent change., John Maxwell, 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader,
Never allow others to
Never allow others to put obstacles in the pathway of your dreams., John C. Maxwell, The 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader,
When I despair, I reme
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always., Mahatma Gandhi, Indian ascetic nationalist leader (1869 1948)
Marriage is the golden
Marriage is the golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity., Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese artist poet in US (1883 1931)
The greatest enemy of
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge., Stephen Hawking, English cosmologist and physicist (1942 )
Go tell the Spartans,
Go tell the Spartans, Passerby, That here, obedient to their laws, We lie., Simonides, Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae, Greek poet (556 BC 468 BC)
As people do better, t
As people do better, they start voting like Republicans unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing., Karl Rove, March 19 2001,
Politics doesn’t mak
Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellowsmarriage does., Groucho Marx, US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 1977)
Technical skill is mas
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity., Christopher Zeeman,
If you think education
If you think education is expensive, Try Ignorance!!!, Andy McIntyre,
As for everything else
As for everything else, so for mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained., Arthur Cayley,
To state a theorem and
To state a theorem and then to show examples is literally to teach backwards., E. Kim Nebeuts,
It is mathematics that
It is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
If a person commit a c
If a person commit a crime against you, have not the right to forgive him but the law must punish him in order to prevent a repetition of that same crime by others, as the pain of the individual is unimportant beside the general welfare of the people., Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 154,
The most important pri
The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts., Abdul Baha, April 19 1912 Earl Hall,
If a man has ten good
If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten., Abdul Baha, Bahai Writings,
Do not be content with
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path., Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 15,
I never saw a wild thi
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from the bow of a ship without ever having felt sorry for itself., D. H. Lawerence,
As long as humanity ha
As long as humanity has been human, it has looked toward the heavens and dreamed that some day, some way, there would be giant federal contracts involved., Dave Barry, US columnist humorist (1947 )
A little learning is a
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad., Bob Edwards,
This day before dawn I
This day before dawn I ascended a hill and looked at the crowded heaven., Walt Whitman, US poet (1819 1892)
To sin by silence when
To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men., Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
It is your attitude at
It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure., Corrine Dewlow,
In the vast reaches of
In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon., Albert Camus, French existentialist author philosopher (1913 1960)
Ultimately nature and
Ultimately nature and events are largely what our imaginations make them out to be., Jose Vasconcelos,
I exist as I am, that
I exist as I am, that is enough., Walt Whitman, US poet (1819 1892)
Your true value depend
Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with., Bob Wells,
People drain me, even
People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in., Margaret Cho, weblog, 103003,
I love drugs, but I ha
I love drugs, but I hate hangovers, and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time., Margaret Cho, weblog, 103003,
Try to love someone wh
Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it., Margaret Cho, weblog, 031104,
Death smiles at us all
Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back., Marcus Aurelius,
The function of scienc
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it., Frank Herbert, US science fiction novelist (1920 1986)
What you can do, or dr
What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it boldness has genius, power and magic in it., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramatist, novelist, poet, scientist (1749 1832)
As our own species is
As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and selfdestroying., Arthur C. Clarke, English physicist science fiction author (1917 )
To gain that which is
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else., Bernadette Devlin,
I never believed in Sa
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark., Dick Gregory, US comedian (1932 )
Noble be man, Helpful
Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets him apart From every other creature On earth., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832), from The Divine, 1783,
Human judges can show
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal., Arthur C. Clarke, English physicist science fiction author (1917 )
It may be that our rol
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship Godbut to create him., Arthur C. Clarke, English physicist science fiction author (1917 )
Science can destroy re
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor but they have few followers now., Arthur C. Clarke, English physicist science fiction author (1917 )
May your trails be cro
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds., Edward Abbey, US radical environmentalist (1927 1989)
Growth for the sake of
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell., Edward Abbey, US radical environmentalist (1927 1989)
Opinions alter, manner
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity., Lord Acton,
Natives who beat drums
Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams., Mary Ellen Kelly,
Oh! love!... That is t
Oh! love!... That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven., Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Chapter 13, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
Washington is like a s
Washington is like a selfsealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up., Dean Acheson (1893 1971),
The idea of wilderness
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders., Edward Abbey (1927 1989),
Do you know what frien
Do you know what friendship is... it is to be brother and sister two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand., Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Chapter 13, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
When the dignity of on
When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied., Hubert Humphrey,
Human beings who blind
Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human., William Sloane Coffin, http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript310_full.html,
The world is too dange
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love., William Sloane Coffin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sloane_Coffin,
Hope arouses, as nothi
Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible., William Sloane Coffin, http://www.pbs.org/now/society/coffin.html,
Selfrespect permeates
Selfrespect permeates every aspect of your life., Joe Clark,
A leader is a dealer i
A leader is a dealer in hope., Napolean Bonaparte,
The dictionary is the
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work., Vince Lombardi, US football coach (1913 1970)
Of course we can keep
Of course we can keep this going, in principle, forever. In practice we will keel over from exhaustion, boredom, or death., David Adger, Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach,
The ingenuity of the d
The ingenuity of the device blinds us to its utter uselessness., Anonymous British civil servant, Take Her Deep by I.J. Galatin, Cdr., US Navy, ret.,
It is a truth universa
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife., Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, English novelist (1775 1817)
For what do we live, b
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, English novelist (1775 1817)
You have delighted us
You have delighted us long enough., Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, English novelist (1775 1817)
"Only a novel"... in s
"Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language., Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, English novelist (1775 1817)
All animals except man
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it., Samuel Butler, English composer, novelist, satiric author (1835 1902)
We all know him to be
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man but this would be nothing if you really liked him., Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, English novelist (1775 1817)
In all the important p
In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry., Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist (1775 1817)
No sun no moon! No mo
No sun no moon! No morn no noon No dawn no dusk no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!, Thomas Hood (17991845), in the poem called No!,
O generations of men,
O generations of men, how I count you as equal with those who live not at all!, Sophocles, Oedpius Rex, Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC 406 BC)
The journey to the cro
The journey to the cross began long before. As the echo of the crunching of the fruit was still sounding in the garden, Jesus was leaving for Calvary., Max Lucado, And the Angels were Silent the Final Week of Jesus,
When one door of happi
When one door of happiness closes another opens but we often look so long at the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us., Helen Keller, Quote of the day book, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
Go, lovely rose! Tell
Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be., Edmund Waller, Go, Lovely Rose: stanza 1,
It is not the stronges
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change., Charles Darwin, English biologist (1809 1882)
Remember, the greatest
Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends., Cindy Lew,
When the power of love
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace., Jimi Hendrix,
The noblest of men des
The noblest of men deserves not the weakest of women., Carey Bowman,
A man has to have a co
A man has to have a code, a way of life to live by., John Wayne, the book My Life With the Duke, US movie actor director (1907 1979)
When one door closes,
When one door closes, another opens but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us., Alexander Graham Bell, US (Scottishborn) inventor (1847 1922)
Gratitude is the memor
Gratitude is the memory of the heart., Saint Mary Euphrasia (Rose Virginie Pelletier),
Eventually, there will
Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes., Neal A. Maxwell,
The man who willeth to
The man who willeth to do well... we should extol his virtues and speak not of his faults behind his back., Joseph Smith Jr.,
At the age of eleven o
At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies., P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money, British humorist novelist in US (1881 1975)
It is not the horse th
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats., Russian proverb,
Boyhood, like measles,
Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious., P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money, British humorist novelist in US (1881 1975)
I can hire one half of
I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half., Jay Gould, US financier railroad businessman (1836 1892)
There is a great deal
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
The Bible tells us to
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies probably because they are generally the same people., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
It is not bigotry to b
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
If there were no God,
If there were no God, there would be no Atheists., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
I say that a man must
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
Fallacies do not cease
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
By a curious confusion
By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
A room without books i
A room without books is like a body without a soul., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
Maybe I wanted to hear
Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart., Margaret Cho, weblog, 030304,
Turning and turning in
Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart the centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..., W. B. Yeats, the second coming,
And in that line now w
And in that line now was a whiskered old man, with a linen cap and a crooked nose, who waited in a place called the Stardust Band Shell to share his part of the secret of heaven: that each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one., Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven,
The sciences do not tr
The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work., Johann Von Neumann, US (Hungarianborn) computer scientist, mathematician (1903 1957)
Happiness is different
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing., George Sheehan,
There cannot be a cris
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full., Henry Kissinger, US (Germanborn) diplomat scholar (1923 )
Objective journalism i
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long., Hunter S. Thompson, US journalist (1939 2005)
Bisexuality automatica
Bisexuality automatically doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night., Woody Allen, US movie actor, comedian, director (1935 )
I am only one, but sti
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do., Edward Everett Hale, US author Unitarian clergyman (1822 1909)
It is not the critic w
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat., Theodore Roosevelt, Paris, Sorbonne 1910, 26th president of US (1858 1919)
When I say I believe i
When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean ... to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing., Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of US (1858 1919)
A pessimist sees the d
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty., Winston Churchill,
Things that were hard
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember., Lucius Annaeus Seneca,
If one has not given e
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing., Georges Guynemer,
Wisdom is not wisdom w
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone., Horace, Roman lyric poet satirist (65 BC 8 BC)
Life is not easy for a
Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves., Marie Curie, French (Polishborn) chemist physicist (1867 1934)
The test of courage co
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority., Ralph W. Sockman,
All over the place, fr
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume., Noam Chomsky, US activist linguist (1928 )
Civilization is the pr
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite., Oliver Wendell Holmes, US author physician (1809 1894)
The degree of civiliza
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons., Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist (1821 1881)
No tyranny is so irkso
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets., Edward Abbey, US radical environmentalist (1927 1989)
There is no passion li
There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function., Georges Clemenceau, French politician (1841 1929)
It is now quite lawful
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Most people are bother
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
[He was] a solemn, uns
[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
It is always easier to
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative., John Burroughs, US essayist naturalist (1837 1921)
Man is ready to die fo
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him., Paul Eldridge,
Irrationally held trut
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors., Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist (1825 1895)
Doubt is not a pleasan
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Everybody believes in
Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence., Frank Zappa, US musician, singer, songwriter (1940 1993)
What we think, or what
What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do., John Ruskin, English critic, essayist, reformer (1819 1900)
There is no abstract a
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality., Pablo Picasso, Spanish Cubist painter (1881 1973)
Liberty is the right t
Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice., Anonymous,
I disapprove of what y
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it., Voltaire, (Attributed) originated in The Friends of Voltaire, 1906 by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall), French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
Anarchism is founded o
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others., Edward Abbey, US radical environmentalist (1927 1989)
Every great advance in
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority., Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist (1825 1895)
Agnosticism simply mea
Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe., Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist (1825 1895)
Old age is the most un
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man., Leon Trotsky, Russian Soviet politician Communist revolutionary (1879 1940)
If there is a sin agai
If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life., Albert Camus, French existentialist author philosopher (1913 1960)
Our chief want in life
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
A celibate clergy is a
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism., Carl Sagan, Contact, US astronomer popularizer of astronomy (1934 1996)
Television has proved
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other., Ann Landers, US advice columnist (1918 2002)
I must not fear. Fear
I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller. Fear is the littledeath that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain., Frank Herbert, Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, Dune, US science fiction novelist (1920 1986)
Beyond a critical poin
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. ...The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive., Frank Herbert, Dune, US science fiction novelist (1920 1986)
A poet more than thirt
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
The most common of all
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Faith may be defined b
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Men are the only anima
Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Platitude: an idea (a)
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Giving every man a vot
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Say what you will abou
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
All [zoos] actually of
All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Man is never honestly
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings of the bench of gods. This fighting, no doubt, makes for human progress, for it favors the strong and the brave. It also makes for beauty, for lesser men try to escape from a hopeless and intolerable world by creating a more lovely one of their own., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
For it is mutual trust
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
The world always makes
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truththat the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
The whole aim of pract
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
A home is not a mere t
A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
Any man who afflicts t
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
We are not sent into t
We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices., Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
The only thing that su
The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling I have always cultivated., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Beware the fury of a p
Beware the fury of a patient man., John Dryden, English dramatist poet (1631 1700)
Determined people work
Determined people working together can do anything., Jim Casey, Founder of UPS,
Winning is great, sure
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday., Wilma Rudolph, Wilma: The Story of Wilma Rudolph,
It is a truth universa
It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces., Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones Diary,
I already gave my best
I already gave my best. I have no regrets at all., William Hung, 2004 American Idol Auditions,
Those who educate chil
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Wellbehaved women rare
Wellbehaved women rarely make history., Laurel Thatcher Ulrich,
Life is a great big ca
Life is a great big canvas throw all the paint on it you can., Danny Kaye, US actor singer (1913 1987)
Plans are worthless, b
Plans are worthless, but planning is everything., Dwight D. Eisenhower, A speech to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference in Washington, DC on Nov. 14 1957, US general Republican politician (1890 1969)
Just because you love
Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds., Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, February 16 2004, Author of the Standing Room Only Weblog (http://blogs.salon.com/0001573/). )
When I do good, I feel
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
To be what we are, and
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life., Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author (1850 1894)
He that is giddy think
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round., William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
My tongue will tell th
My tongue will tell the anger of mine heart, Or else my heart, concealing it, will break., William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
But no perfection is s
But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute., William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece Ver. 124, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
You are the most beaut
You are the most beautiful girl that has ever lived, and it is worth dying to have kissed you., Dylan Thomas (19141953),
Despair has been calle
Despair has been called the unforgivable sinnot presumably because God refuses to forgive it but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven., Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973,
Lust is the craving fo
Lust is the craving for salt of a person who is dying of thirst., Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973,
Envy is the consuming
Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are., Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973,
Of the Seven Deadly Si
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving backin many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you., Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973,
A man who works beyond
A man who works beyond the surface of things, though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth., Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Origins Of The Sublime And Beatiful., Irish orator, philosopher, politician (1729 1797)
The road to true love
The road to true love never did run smooth., Shakespeare,
The world is a book, a
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page., Augustine, (AD 354430),
Trust in Allah, but ti
Trust in Allah, but tie your camel., Old Muslim Proverb,
... I said to myself t
... I said to myself that growing up really means slowing down., Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved , pg. 336,
Their plans were impro
Their plans were improved with the best advice., J. R. R.Tolkien, The Hobbit,
Life is not what one l
Life is not what one lived, but rather what one remembers, and how it is remembered to tell the tale., Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vivir para contarla (Living to tell the tale),
I’m searching throug
I’m searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known., Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13 2004, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com )
A timid person is frig
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward., Jean Paul Richter, German author (1763 1825)
I would feel more opti
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority., E. B. White, US author humorist (1899 1985)
Examinations are formi
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer., Charles Caleb Colton, (1780 1832)
Genius without educati
Genius without education is like silver in the mine., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
People often say that
People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times., Isaac Bashevis Singer, US (Polishborn) Jewish author (1904 1991)
Kindness and compassio
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bull fighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent toward all life will we have learned to live well ourselves., Cesar Chavez, letter,
You wake me up early i
You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong., Johann von Neumann, on being phoned at 10:00:00 AM, US (Hungarianborn) computer scientist, mathematician (1903 1957)
We are just an advance
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special., Stephen Hawking, Der Spiegel, 1989, English cosmologist and physicist (1942 )
Every person takes the
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world., Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 1860)
Science may set limits
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
No matter how much the
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens., Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
All changes, even the
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another., Anatole France, French novelist (1844 1924)
What the world needs i
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Science is facts just
Science is facts just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science., Henri Poincare, French mathematician physicist (1854 1912)
I maintain there is mu
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true., Carl Sagan, US astronomer popularizer of astronomy (1934 1996)
If you stay in Beverly
If you stay in Beverly Hills too long you become a Mercedes., Robert Redford, US movie actor director (1937 )
There is a healthful h
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble., Washington Irving, US essayist, historian, novelist (1783 1859)
When a person can no l
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him., Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin,
Good taste is always a
Good taste is always an asset., Rudy Bakalov,
Take the utmost troubl
Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Acceptance without pro
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science., Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters,
There is nothing worse
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramatist, novelist, poet, scientist (1749 1832)
The only thing that ma
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty not knowing what comes next., Ursula K. LeGuin,
Between the wish and t
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Before a war military
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology., Rebecca West, Irish critic, journalist, novelist (1892 1983)
The good life, as I co
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy I mean that if you are happy you will be good., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
In the part of this un
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
This is patently absur
This is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Those who agree with u
Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness., Cullen Hightower,
A healthy family is sa
A healthy family is sacred territory., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Politicians should rea
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories., Arthur C. Clarke, English physicist science fiction author (1917 )
We may not imagine how
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complexbut Congress can., Cullen Hightower,
The intelligent man is
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more., Ed Parker,
If history repeats its
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
And when it rains on y
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow., Jerry Chin,
What you do speaks so
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
We are what we pretend
We are what we pretend to be, but we better be very careful what we pretend., Kurt Vonnegut, US novelist (1922 )
I am patient with stup
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it., Edith Sitwell, English biographer, critic, novelist, poet (1887 1964)
So convenient a thing
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
Ideas are like rabbits
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen., John Steinbeck, US novelist (1902 1968)
The right word may be
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
Ability will never cat
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it., Malcolm Forbes, US art collector, author, publisher (1919 1990)
The glory of great men
The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it., Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author moralist (1613 1680)
The keenest sorrow is
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities., Sophocles, Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC 406 BC)
Learning is not compul
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival., W. Edwards Deming, US business advisor author (1900 1993)
God is a verb., R. Buc
God is a verb., R. Buckminster Fuller, US architect engineer (1895 1983)
To have a right to do
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
Sports serve society b
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence., George F. Will, US editor, commentator, columnist (1941 )
Europe was created by
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy., Margaret Thatcher, British politician (1925 )
Humankind cannot stand
Humankind cannot stand very much reality., T. S. Eliot, British (USborn) critic, dramatist poet (1888 1965)
The reason why worry k
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
About the time we thin
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends., Herbert Hoover, US mining engineer politician (1874 1964)
Genius might be descri
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds., Samuel Butler, English composer, novelist, satiric author (1835 1902)
Iron rusts from disuse
Iron rusts from disuse water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind., Leonardo da Vinci, Italian engineer, painter, sculptor (1452 1519)
Liberty means responsi
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Art, like morality, co
Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere., G. K. Chesterton, English author mystery novelist (1874 1936)
A strong conviction th
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures., Daniel Webster, US diplomat, lawyer, orator, politician (1782 1852)
If the lesser mind cou
If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Most of the change we
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor., Robert Frost, The Black Cottage, US poet (1874 1963)
There is one rule for
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible., Henry Ford, US automobile industrialist (1863 1947)
We can have facts with
We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts., John Dewey, US educator, Pragmatist philosopher, psychologist (1859 1952)
Everything you can ima
Everything you can imagine is real., Picasso,
On the whole human bei
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time., George Orwell, English essayist, novelist, satirist (1903 1950)
When I was younger, I
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
The man who insists on
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides., HenriFrédéric Amiel,
Laughter is the sun th
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face., Victor Hugo, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
The most dangerous str
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
The only purpose for w
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant., John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, English economist philosopher (1806 1873)
Science is nothing but
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated., George Santayana, US (Spanishborn) philosopher (1863 1952)
A great many people th
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices., Edward R. Murrow, US broadcast journalist newscaster (1908 1965)
Anything not worth doi
Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it., Elias Schwartz,
The more you suffer ,
The more you suffer , the more you show you really care., The Offspring, Smash,
Until and unless you d
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and gunsor dollars. Take your choicethere is no other., Ayn Rand, US (Russianborn) novelist (1905 1982)
Parents can only advis
Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters., Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, German Jewish diarist (1929 1945)
No man but a blockhead
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money., Samuel Johnson, English author, critic, lexicographer (1709 1784)
There are many in the
There are many in the world dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love., Mother Teresa, Indian humanitarian missionary (1910 1997)
We can do no great thi
We can do no great things only small things with great love., Mother Teresa, Indian humanitarian missionary (1910 1997)
We don’t see the end
We don’t see the end of the tunnel but I must say I don’t think it is darker than it was a year ago, and in some ways lighter., John F. Kennedy, speech in 1962, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
If I know what love is
If I know what love is, it is because of you., Herman Hesse,
To write it, it took t
To write it, it took three months to conceive it – three minutes to collect the data in it – all my life., F. Scott Fitzgerald, US novelist (1896 1940)
It helps to write down
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear about two, nothing can be done, so it’s no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled., Sir Winston Churchill, British politician (1874 1965)
Be not afraid of life.
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact., William James, US Pragmatist philosopher psychologist (1842 1910)
Time you enjoy wasting
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted., John Lennon, English singer songwriter (1940 1980)
To love oneself is the
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Man, unlike the animal
Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it., Samuel Butler, English composer, novelist, satiric author (1835 1902)
Nothing happens to any
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear., Marcus Aurelius,
A life spent in making
A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Imagination is more im
Imagination is more important than knowledge., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
It’s only when the t
It’s only when the tide goes out that you discover who’s been swimming naked., Warren Buffett, US financier investment businessman (1930 )
If you have a harem of
If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well., Warren Buffett, US financier investment businessman (1930 )
I violated the Noah ru
I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn’t count building arks does., Warren Buffett, US financier investment businessman (1930 )
Our greatest foes, and
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within., Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish adventurer, author, poet (1547 1616)
Before you were concei
Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life., Maureen Hawkins,
Freedom is nothing els
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better., Albert Camus, French existentialist author philosopher (1913 1960)
The world isn’t inte
The world isn’t interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship., Raul Armesto,
Our lives are like the
Our lives are like the course of the sun. At the darkest moment there is promise of daylight., The London Times,
There is only one thin
There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings., Fyodor Dostoevski,
it’s when the sun sh
it’s when the sun shines the brightest that our shadows appear the biggest., Robin Sharma, The Saint The Surfer and the CEO,
Speak the truth, but l
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after., Slovenian Proverb,
Too low they build, wh
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars., Edward Young, English poet (1683 1765)
The past is but the be
The past is but the beginning of a beginning., H. G. Wells, English author, historian, utopian (1866 1946)
Nurture your mind with
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
True life is lived whe
True life is lived when tiny changes occur., Leo Tolstoy, Russian mystic novelist (1828 1910)
Some people walk in th
Some people walk in the rain… others just get wet…, Roger Miller,
I have lost the half o
I have lost the half of myself – a soul for which mine was made., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
I believe that its mos
I believe that its most important function is in the formation of attachment. If we did not suffer enough loss to fear it, we could not love intensely., Andrew Soloman, “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression”, on his belief that grief is profoundly important for the human cond,
I’d like to be the p
I’d like to be the person I could have been but never was., George Bernard Shaw, when asked on his deathbed, “What would you do if you could live your life over again?, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Don’t think you are
Don’t think you are paying me some kind of tribute if you let my death become the great event of your life. The best tribute you can pay me as a mother is to go on and have a good and fulfilling life. Enjoy what you have., Andrew Soloman, ”The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression”, comments from his mother shortly before her suicide,
Only those who will ri
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go., T. S. Eliot, British (USborn) critic, dramatist poet (1888 1965)
Unless commitment is m
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans., Peter Drucker,
I know not with what w
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
Most people dread find
Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived., Henry David Thoreau, US Transcendentalist author (1817 1862)
I want to stay as clos
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the centre., Kurt Vonnegut Jr.,
It is never too late t
It is never too late to be what you might have been., George Eliot, English novelist (1819 1880)
If you want to make go
If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got., Lee Iacocca, US automobile businessman (1924 )
Like dear St. Francis
Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success., Oscar Wilde, , in a letter to his friend, Frances ForbesRobertson, who had invited him to her wedding in London, but Wilde was, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
It is a primitive form
It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist., Sir Arthur Eddington, English astronomer (1882 1944)
It would be absurd if
It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them., John Steinbeck, East of Eden, Chapter 13 Part II, US novelist (1902 1968)
When you live in Texas
When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it’s magical., Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003,
The reasonable man ada
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man., George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)
Having a holiday weeke
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm., Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003,
When something that ho
When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate., Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird, 2003,
There is no one, no ma
There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible., Marcel Proust, French novelist (1871 1922)
I call architecture fr
I call architecture frozen music., Goethe,
Some people are that
Some people are that more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion., Margaret Cho, weblog, 050404,
One should either be a
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
What a time experience
What a time experiences as evil, is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as goodthe atavism of a more ancient ideal., Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, German philosopher (1844 1900)
Knowing is half the ba
Knowing is half the battle., GI Joe,
If man could have half
If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles., Ben Franklin,
Lord, make me an instr
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace! Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy., Saint Francis of Assisi, Prayer of St Francis (attributed), Italian monk saint (1181 1226)
Certainly virtue is li
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue., Sir Francis Bacon, English author, courtier, philosopher (1561 1626)
Young cat, if you keep
Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff!, Dr. Seuss, Seussisms, US author illustrator (1904 1991)
Genius without educati
Genius without education is like silver in the mine., Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, printer (1706 1790)
Honest differences of
Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship., Chiam Potok, The Chosen,
The human heart, at wh
The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return., Maria Edgeworth,
I have never seen the
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious idea of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God., Thomas A. Edison, US inventor (1847 1931)
We are never late. We
We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to., J. R. R Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring,
We immediately become
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us., Stephen Covey,
Talking with you is so
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience., Calvin Hobbes,
All men are in some de
All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others have the same love in such success that, not content with admiring, they seek to embody it in new forms. The creation of beauty is art., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
If a man is offered a
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
To believe is to know
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe., JeanPaul Sartre, French author existentialist philosopher (1905 1980)
Do not fear to be ecce
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Read, every day, somet
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity., Christopher Morley, US author journalist (1890 1957)
There are two motives
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it the other, that you can boast about it., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Art is science made cl
Art is science made clear., Jean Cocteau, French dramatist, director, poet (1889 1963)
If people never did si
If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done., Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher (1889 1951)
Live to learn... forge
Live to learn... forget... and learn again., Brian,
The greatest challenge
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
The one serious convic
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously., Nicholas Butler, (1862 1947)
The most savage contro
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
Everything is vague to
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise., Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, philosopher (1872 1970)
The only way to make a
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him., Henry Stimson, US politician (1867 1950)
There are no whole tru
There are no whole truths all truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil., Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician philosopher (1861 1947)
Everything you do or s
Everything you do or say is public relations., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Just because a man lac
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision., Stevie Wonder,
To be blind is bad, bu
To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see., Hellen Keller,
Heaven is full of answ
Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one bothered to ask., Billy Graham,
A pleasure is not full
A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered., C. S. Lewis, English essayist juvenile novelist (1898 1963)
The very essence of li
The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance., Isaac Bashevis Singer, US (Polishborn) Jewish author (1904 1991)
You give but little wh
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give., Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese artist poet in US (1883 1931)
If I have seen further
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants., Isaac Newton, English mathematician physicist (1642 1727)
About foxhunting: The
About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing the uneatable., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Has not Nature proved,
Has not Nature proved, in giving us the strength necessary to submit them to our desires, that we have the right to do so?, Marquis de Sade, Aline et Valcour,
Two roads diverged in
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference., Robert Frost, US poet (1874 1963)
Music expresses that w
Music expresses that which cannot remain silent and that which cannot be put into words., Victor Hugo, French dramatist, novelist, poet (1802 1885)
The only people for me
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing., Jack Kerouac, On the Road, US novelist (1922 1969)
The more anger towards
The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are for loving in the present., Barbara de Angelis,
Ethics is not definabl
Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling., Valdemar W. Setzer,
I could be whatever I
I could be whatever I wanted to be if I trusted that music, that song, that vibration of God that was inside of ME., Shirley MacLaine, US movie actress (1934 )
Think like a queen. A
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness., Oprah Winfrey, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
We have a hunger of th
We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us and the more we gain, the more is our desire. The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing., Maria Mitchell,
When people ask me why
When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, What choice do I have?, Pat Schroeder,
It would be ridiculous
It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres, male and female springs or rains, male and female sunshine....How much more ridiculous is it in relation to mind, to soul, to thought, where there is as undeniably no such thing as sex..., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, US suffragist (1815 1902)
Everything has its won
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I am in, therein to be content., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
If God had wanted us t
If God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?, Claire Boothe Luce,
The personal, if it is
The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic., Anais Nin, US (Frenchborn) author diarist (1903 1977)
How do they who think
How do they who think they are unhappy differ from they who actually are?, Countess Diane,
Sometimes you gotta cr
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of., Geri Weitzman,
If you do nothing unex
If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens., Fay Weldon,
All that is really nec
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or peculiar., Grace Paley,
Wisdom is harder to DO
Wisdom is harder to DO than it is to know., Yula Moses,
I am the only truth I
I am the only truth I know., Jean Rhys,
The growth of understa
The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line., Joanne Field,
Creativity comes from
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work., Rita Mae Brown, US author and social activist )
Once conform, once do
Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul., Virginia Woolf, English novelist (1882 1941)
Selftrust, we know, is
Selftrust, we know, is the first secret of success., Lady Wilde,
War is one of the scou
War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men., Cardinal Richelieu,
Goals are dreams with
Goals are dreams with deadlines., Diana Scharf Hunt,
Life without emotions
Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel., Mary Astor,
You can have anything
You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world., Sheilah Graham,
People who keep journa
People who keep journals have life twice., Jessamyn West,
Nothing makes a woman
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful., Sophia Loren, US (Italianborn) movie actress (1934 )
No man is defeated wit
No man is defeated without until he is defeated within., Eleanor Roosevelt, US diplomat reformer (1884 1962)
The difficulty in life
The difficulty in life is the choice., George Moore, The Bending of the Bough, [1900], act IV,
I know that there are
I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!, Tom Lehrer, US humorist, singer, songwriter (1928 )
The two important thin
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of an endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision., Robyn Davidson,
Action indeed is the s
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics., Jane Addams, US social worker, sociologist, suffragist (1860 1935)
He who is sorrowful ca
He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep., Selma Lagerloef,
Grab the broom of ange
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear., Zora Neale Hurston, US novelist of Harlem Renaissance (1901 1960)
We ust find our duties
We ust find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been., George Eliot, English novelist (1819 1880)
You are the product of
You are the product of your own brainstorm., Rosemary Konner Steinbaum,
Increase your personal
Increase your personal power through positive and powerful communication. Recognize and eliminate negative self talk., Caterina Rando,
I have no riches but m
I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me., Sara Teasdale, US poet (1884 1933)
Every single one of us
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do., Barbara Sher,
I have always found th
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice., Abraham Lincoln, speech in Washington D.C., 1865, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
Stop worrying about th
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!, Barbara Hoffman,
Learning is not attain
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence., Abigail Adams, US wife of John Adams 1764 (1744 1818)
My mother drew a disti
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success., Helen Hayes, US actress (1900 1993)
Feel the fear and do i
Feel the fear and do it anyway., Susan Jeffers,
The moment of victory
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else., Martina Navratilova, US (Czechoslovakianborn) tennis player (1956 )
Seeds of faith are alw
Seeds of faith are always within us sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth., Susan L. Taylor,
Keep your face to the
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
Selfesteem is somethin
Selfesteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve selfesteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential., Bette Midler, US actress, comedienne, singer (1945 )
The excellent becomes
The excellent becomes the permanent., Jane Adams,
Women are the glue tha
Women are the glue that hold our daytoday world together., Anna Quindlen,
What we say and what w
What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands, and carry it with dignity and strength., Gloria Anzaldua,
Accept that all of us
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk., Dr. Joyce Brothers, US psychologist television personality (1928 )
I believe that a worth
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation., Hillary Rodham Clinton,
We must believe in our
We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed., Rosalind Sussman Yalow,
When we are chafed and
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own intersts., Mara Mitchell,
Apparent failure may h
Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blowwom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity., Frances Watkins Harper,
Luck? Sure. But only a
Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure., Babe Didrikson,
When nothing is sure,
When nothing is sure, everything is possible., Margaret Drabble,
The power of the mind
The power of the mind is an incredible thing, one that can never be underestimated., Mia Hamm,
The reward for doing r
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: selfrespect, dignity, integrity, and self esteem., Dr. Laura Schlessinger,
If the belief [in Chri
If the belief [in Christianity] did not make us happy, it would not be believed: how little it must then be worth!, Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human page 87 #120., German philosopher (1844 1900)
If you are not afraid
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you., Natalie Goldberg,
Everyone is a prisoner
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices just recognize them., Edward R. Murrow, television broadcast, December 31 1955, US broadcast journalist newscaster (1908 1965)
Dreams come a size too
Dreams come a size too big so that we may grow into them., Josie Bisset,
Unless I am what I am
Unless I am what I am and feel what I feel as hard as I can and as honestly and truly as I can then I am nothing., Elizabeth Janeway,
Security is when every
Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you security is the denial of life., Germaine Greer,
Limited expectations y
Limited expectations yield only limited results., Susan Laurson Willig,
Sow and act and you re
Sow and act and you reap a habit sow a habit and you reap a character sow a character and you reap destiny., Frances E. Willard,
As long as we focus on
As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled., Shakti Gawain,
Filling a bookcase is
Filling a bookcase is like gathering a social circle., May Lamberton Becker,
God loves the world th
God loves the world through us., Mother Theresa,
Learn to get in touch
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from., Elisabeth KueblerRoss,
Courage is fear that h
Courage is fear that has said its prayers., Dorothy Bernard,
Never underestimate th
Never underestimate the power of passion., Eve Sawyer,
Perseverance and audac
Perseverance and audacity generally win., Dorothee Deluzy,
I think that wherever
I think that wherever your journey takes you, there are new gods waiting there, with divine patience and laughter., Susan M. Watkins,
The fullness of life i
The fullness of life is in the hazards of life., Edith Hamilton,
If you surrender compl
If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments., Anne Morrow Lindbergh,
I think all great inno
I think all great innovations are built on rejections., Louise Nevelson, US (Russianborn) sculptor (1900 1988)
Great champions have a
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are., Nancy Lopez,
Instead of thinking ab
Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success., Diana Rankin,
Throw your dreams into
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country., Anais Nin, US (Frenchborn) author diarist (1903 1977)
Every small, positive
Every small, positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future., Alice Walker, US novelist (1944 )
Whenever you take a st
Whenever you take a step forward you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb the dust, the ground., Indira Ghandi,
One of the secrets of
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats., Iris Murdoch, British novelist (1919 1999)
Everything in your wor
Everything in your world is created by what you think., Oprah Winfrey, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
It is amazing that our
It is amazing that our souls our eternal essences, with all their hopes an dreams and visions of an eternal world are contained within these temporal bodies., Marion Woodman,
Optimism is the faith
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
Fill your mind with th
Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart., Marianne Williamson,
It is easy to love the
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start., Mother Teresa, Indian humanitarian missionary (1910 1997)
If one asks for succe
If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for., Florence Scovel Shinn,
We all use our imagina
We all use our imagination every day. However, most of us are unaware that what we envision affects every cell of our bodies and every aspect of our performance., Marilyn King,
Women are always being
Women are always being tested...but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the very best job we can to grow into it., Hillary Rodham Clinton,
For no phase of life,
For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life., Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Duties I,
Fail, fail again, fail
Fail, fail again, fail better., Samuel Beckett, Irish author, dramatist, novelist in France (1906 1989)
It is only with the he
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly what is essential is invisible to the eye., Antione de St. Exupery, The Little Prince,
The stage is not merel
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life., Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
We are what we repeate
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
Find out who you are a
Find out who you are and do it on purpose., Dolly Parton,
When women are depress
When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country., Elayne Boosler,
The secret of a good s
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning anf a good ending and have the two as close together as possible., George Burns, US actor comedian (1896 1996)
He who cannot be a goo
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader., Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, zoologist (384 BC 322 BC)
This is the challenge
This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you’re doing, or it comes out flat. You can’t fake your way through this., Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 29 2004, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com )
Politics has less to d
Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is., Margaret Cho, weblog, 011804,
Thankfully, beauty is
Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again., Margaret Cho, weblog, 012704,
Ugly. Is irrelevant. I
Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion., Margaret Cho, weblog, 012704,
Love is the big boomin
Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate., Margaret Cho, weblog, 011504,
The only way most peop
The only way most people recognize their limits is by trespassing on them., Tom Morris,
Perpetual optimism is
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier., Colin Powell, US general (1937 )
Good ideas are not ado
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience., Hyman Rickover, US (Polishborn) admiral (1900 1986)
Stupid is forever, ign
Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed., Don Wood,
Our opinions do not re
Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else., Mark Twain, quoted in Mark Twain and I, Opie Read, 1940, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
Sane and intelligent h
Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption., Mark Twain, Mark Twain In Eruption, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
I am not one of those
I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts., Mark Twain, Wearing White Clothes speech, 1907, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
We have so much time a
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it., Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, British juvenile author (1916 1990)
Within every adversity
Within every adversity is an equal or greater opportunity., Napoleon Hill,
What we think about, e
What we think about, expands., Marc Allen, Interview with Michael Toms,
It has just been twent
It has just been twentythree years since I began to wander. In the next twentythree years I wonder if there will come a time when life is no longer a wonderful adventure when there is not some interesting experience in things or personalities waiting just around the corner. If that time does come, I hope that my release will be swift., Roy Chapman Andrews, Ends of the Earth, 1929,
Propose to any english
Propose to any englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the english mind is directed to find a difficulty, defect or an impossibility in it., Charles Babbage,
One should guard again
One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
A man who works beyond
A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth., Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry Into The Sublime and Beautiful, Irish orator, philosopher, politician (1729 1797)
You cannot shake hands
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist., Indira Gandhi, quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17 1982, Indian politician (1917 1984)
Men want the same thin
Men want the same thing from women that they want from their underwear... a little support, comfort, and freedom., Jerry Seinfeld, US comedian television actor (1954 )
Like the wind crying e
Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment., Harlan Ellison, Paladin of the Lost Hour, US science fiction author screenwriter (1934 )
Society has traditiona
Society has traditionally always tried to find scapegoats for its problems. Well, here I am., Marilyn Manson,
Someone bent on suicid
Someone bent on suicide won’t have much sense of humour left., Chuck Palahniuk, US writer (1962 )
People don’t want th
People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown., Chuck Palahniuk, US writer (1962 )
Poetry is an art, and
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine arts the easiest to dabble in, the hardest to reach true perfection., E.C. Stedman,
The problem most peopl
The problem most people have with resisting temptation is that they never really want to discourage it altogether., Steve Martini,
Each success only buys
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem., Henry Kissinger, Wilson Library Bulletin, March 1979, US (Germanborn) diplomat scholar (1923 )
So long as there are m
So long as there are men there will be wars., Albert Einstein, US (Germanborn) physicist (1879 1955)
We live in a society o
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves., Marilyn Manson,
I was born modest. Not
I was born modest. Not all over, but in spots., Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, wit (1835 1910)
Happines is like mercu
Happines is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again., Mary Higgins Clark, Kitchen Privileges, A Memoir,
If you want to endure
If you want to endure life, prepare yourself for death., Sigmund Freud, his essay on war death, Austrian psychologist (1856 1939)
Imitation is suicide.,
Imitation is suicide., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
To be great is to be m
To be great is to be misunderstood., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
What really keeps me g
What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow., Phil Donahue,
I want to go on living
I want to go on living even after my death, And therefore I am grateful to God For giving this gift… Of expressing all that is in me., Ann Frank, Diary of Ann Frank,
Every person, all the
Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you., Richard Bach,
If Love be rough with
If Love be rough with you, be rough with Love, prick Love for pricking, and you beat Love down., William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 2, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
It takes a lot of mone
It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as I do., Dolly Parton,
A peacock who rests on
A peacock who rests on its feathers is just another turkey., Dolly Parton,
There is nothing remar
There is nothing remarkable about it, all one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself., J. S . Bach,
A man who is careful w
A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs., Clifton Fadiman, US author, editor, radio host (1904 )
Our problems are manma
Our problems are manmade, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings., John F. Kennedy, speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10 1963, US Democratic politician (1917 1963)
There is more stupidit
There is more stupidity then hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life., Frank Zappa, US musician, singer, songwriter (1940 1993)
Actuated by the most g
Actuated by the most glorious cause that mankind ever fought in, I am determined to defend this post to the very last extremity., Colonel Morgan, In response to the British demand of the surrender of Fort Washington,
Too many people overva
Too many people overvalue what they are, and undervalue what they are not., Malcolm Forbes, US art collector, author, publisher (1919 1990)
We have enslaved the r
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form., William Ralph Inge, English author Anglican prelate (1860 1954)
The only excuse for cr
The only excuse for creating something useless is that one admires it intensely., Oscar Wilde, Foreward, The Picture of Dorian gray, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Perfection is the enem
Perfection is the enemy of the good., Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821 1880)
The fool wonders, the
The fool wonders, the wise man asks., Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 1881)
Where you tend a rose,
Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle may not grow., Frances Hodgson Burnett,
I know three things wi
I know three things will never be believedthe true, the probable, and the logical., John Steinbeck, The Winter of our Discontent, chapter 2, US novelist (1902 1968)
I knew I belonged to t
I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else., Marilyn Monroe, US actress (1926 1962)
And the work of righte
And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever., Bible, Isaiah 32:17,
When you have to kill
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite., Sir Winston Churchill, (18741965), British politician (1874 1965)
Better hold the hand f
Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all., Saadi, On the Excellence of Contentment, Persian poet (1184 1291)
He that has acquired l
He that has acquired learning and nor practised what he has learnt, is like a man who ploughs but sows no seed., Saadi, On the Duties of Society, Persian poet (1184 1291)
Tell no one the secret
Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself., Saadi, On the Duties of Society, Persian poet (1184 1291)
Ya know, if you treat
Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, You would never see a bad show., Buddy Hackett,
You are free, and that
You are free, and that is why you are lost., Franz Kafka, Austrian (Czechoslovakianborn) author (1883 1924)
Hobbies cost money but
Hobbies cost money but interests are free., George Carlin, George Carlin: You Are All Diseased, US comedian and actor (1937 )
I believe in the forgi
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance., Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., retort to a heckler asking him to state his beliefs, Time, November 1 1963, US diplomat Democratic politician (1900 1965)
Yes, I have cherished
Yes, I have cherished my demagogue role. I know that societies often have killed the people who have helped to change those societies. And if I can die having bought any light, having exposed any meaningful truth that will help to destroy the racist cancer that is maligant in the body of America then, all of the credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes have been mine., "Malcom X" ( 1964), The Atobiograghy of Malcom X,
I look upon the whole
I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family fued., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
The only reward of vir
The only reward of virtue is virtue the only way to have a friend is to be one., Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist poet (1803 1882)
To feel the right emot
To feel the right emotions is fully as important as to hold the right ideas, and the great service of religion is the development of the right emotions., Geoffrey Parsons,
I have an idea that so
I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place. Accident has cast them amid certain surroundings, but they have always a nostalgia for a home they know not. They are strangers at their birthplace, and the leafy lanes they have known from childhood or the populous streets in which they have played, remain but a place of passage. They may spend their whole lives aliens among their kindred and remain aloof among the only scenes they have ever knows. Perhaps it is this sense of strangeness that sends men far and wide in the search for something permanent, to which they may attach themselves. Perhaps some deeprooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history. Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. Here is the home he sought, and he will settle amid scenes that he has never seen before, among men he has never known, as though they were familiar to him from his birth. Here at last he finds rest., W. Somerset Maugham, English dramatist novelist (1874 1965)
Mother is the name for
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, English novelist (1811 1863)
Loneliness is the huma
Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best thing you can do it to know yourself... know what you want., Janet Fitch, White Oleander,
Normal is getting dre
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it., Ellen Goodman, American journalist (1941 )
The hope of a secure a
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood., Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
Nonviolence is the ans
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love., Martin Luther King Jr., December 11 1964, US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
All men are caught in
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality., Martin Luther King Jr., US black civil rights leader clergyman (1929 1968)
Democracy is not meant
Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair., Mario Cuomo,
My vigor, vitality, an
My vigor, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from., Nancy Astor, British politician (1879 1964)
Beauty of whatever kin
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears., Edgar Allen Poe,
The most profound stat
The most profound statements are often said in silence., Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse, 011504, Canadian cartoonist (1947 )
I know you have come t
I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man., Che Guevara, His last words, spoken to his assassin.,
We are what we love, n
We are what we love, not what loves us., Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation,
Musicthe one incorpore
Musicthe one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge, which comprehends mankind, but which mankind cannot comprehend., Ludwig van Beethoven, German Romantic composer (1770 1827)
Crash programs fail be
Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month., Wernher Von Braun, US (Germanborn) rocket engineer (1912 1977)
Beauty is in the eye o
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye., Miss Piggy, US Muppet and Pig )
Arbeit macht frei. (Wo
Arbeit macht frei. (Work sets you free)., Major Rudolph Hoss, Auschwitz Gate,
What we obtain too che
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly... it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated., Thomas Paine, US patriot political philosopher (1737 1809)
In the career of glory
In the career of glory one gains many things the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....And also frozen feet, an arm or leg the less, a bullet lodged between two bones which the surgeon cannot extract....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair., Elzear Blaze, La Vie Militaire,
An envious heart makes
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear., Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, US novelist of Harlem Renaissance (1901 1960)
It often happens that
It often happens that the real tragedies in life occur in such an inarticulate manner that they hurt one by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style., oscar wilde, Quoted in Ellmann, Irish dramatist, novelist, poet (1854 1900)
Character can not be d
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
No pessimist ever disc
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
You can complain becau
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses., Ziggy Marley,
Although the constant
Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment., Dean Koontz, Watchers,
Believe in life! Alway
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life., W. E. B. Du Bois, last message to the world, 1957, US black civil rights leader (1868 1963)
I am more and more con
I am more and more convinced that our happiness depends more on how we meet the events in our lives, than on those events themselves., Alexander Humboldt,
Man does not live by w
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them., Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., quoted by Human Behavior, May 1978, US diplomat Democratic politician (1900 1965)
People feel comfortabl
People feel comfortable around someone who is comfortable with himself., Clay Aiken, Teen People,
Working with children
Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them strive to overcome obstacles and persevere, and learn to persevere myself. They are my inspiration., Clay Aiken,
A life is not importan
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives., Jackie Robinson, baseball player,
I don’t really do Ne
I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions because I don’t think you should have to wait until December to start working on how to change yourself. I think if you’ve got a problem, you need to fix it now., Clay Aiken,
Trees like to have kid
Trees like to have kids climb on them, but trees are much bigger than we are, and much more forgiving., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Old Tree, 1993,
A person has three cho
A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993,
Words calculated to ca
Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one., Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21 1952, US diplomat Democratic politician (1900 1965)
Real meaningful endeav
Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993,
Good food ends with go
Good food ends with good talk., Geoffrey Neighor, Northern Exposure, Duets, 1993,
Sometimes love will pi
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you., Denise Dobbs, Northern Exposure, Survival of the Species, 1993,
The law is not so much
The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide., Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Crime and Punishment, 1992,
I never did give anybo
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell., Harry S Truman, quoted by Time, June 9 1975, 33rd president of US (1884 1972)
The mellow sweetness o
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget., Mitchell Burgess, Northern Exposure, Thanksgiving, 1992,
Living is having ups a
Living is having ups and downs and sharing them with friends., Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Prehistoric Ice Man, 1999,
The only limit to our
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today., Franklin D. Roosevelt, message for Jefferson Day, April 13 1945, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
Sometimes its good to
Sometimes its good to contrast what you like with something else. It makes you appreciate it even more., Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, 2001, US cartoonist )
I have been truthful a
I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks., Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 4 2004, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com )
I think people want th
I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer., Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 5 2004, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com )
We shall not fail or f
We shall not fail or falter we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job., Sir Winston Churchill, BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9 1941, British politician (1874 1965)
Change, when it comes,
Change, when it comes, cracks everything open., Dorothy Allison, O Magazine, January 2004,
Disconnecting from cha
Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future., Kathleen Norris, O Magazine, January 2004,
Let your light shine.
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, January 2004, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
How we treasure (and a
How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!, Julie Morgenstern, O Magazine, Belatedly Yours, January 2004,
Each decision we make,
Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention., Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004,
We learn and grow and
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it., Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004,
We shall show mercy, b
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it., Sir Winston Churchill, speech in the House of Commons, July 14 1940, British politician (1874 1965)
That consciousness is
That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure., Madonna, O Magazine, January 2004, US actress rock singer (1958 )
You can take from ever
You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another., Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, What I Know For Sure, January 2004, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
Any transition serious
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a fullon metamorphosis., Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004,
Look for the ridiculou
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it., Jules Renard, (1864 1910)
When he stood up, it w
When he stood up, it was a very complicated motion. If the deck chairs on the Ship to the Sea of Night had opened up, they would have done so like that. It was like he was unfolding himself forever., Neil Gaiman, Good Omens,
When there are monster
When there are monsters there are miracles., Ogden Nash, US humorist poet (1902 1971)
When you get to the en
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on., Franklin D. Roosevelt, quoted Kansas City Star, June 5 1977, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
But the fruit of the S
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and selfcontrol. Against such things, there is no law., The Apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus), The Bible Galations 5:2223 NIV,
Charm is deceptive and
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised., Solomon, King of Israel, The Bible Proverbs 31:30,
Peace and blessings ma
Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned and if your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned., Erykah Badu, A line from the song On On,
Wise men have more to
Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men., Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (1533 1592)
We shall support whate
We shall support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports., Mao TseTung, Chinese Communist politician (1893 1976)
It is better to looked
It is better to looked over than overlooked., Mae West, US movie actress (1892 1980)
Those who dance were t
Those who dance were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music., Angela Monet,
Live your beliefs and
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around., Henry David Thoreau, US Transcendentalist author (1817 1862)
Men are not prisoners
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pan American Day address, April 15 1939, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
The truest expression
The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music... Bodies never lie., Agnes De Mille, US choreographer dancer (1909 1993)
There was a star dance
There was a star danced, and under that was I born., William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Live as though Christ
Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow., Theodore Epp,
We are the hero of our
We are the hero of our own story., Mary McCarthy,
Love is life. And if y
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life., Leo Buscaglia,
Religion is pickled Go
Religion is pickled God., H. G. Wells, H. G. Wells Society, English author, historian, utopian (1866 1946)
Not all treasure is si
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate., Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean,
Surround yourself with
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher., Oprah Winfrey, US actress television talk show host (1954 )
Ya know, if you treate
Ya know, if you treated every comic the way you treated me tonight. You would never see a bad show., Buddy Hackett,
Some of the best advic
Some of the best advice I ever received was Man, that was terrible., Tom Hanks,
Death is not extinguis
Death is not extinguishing the light it is putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come., Rabindranath Tagore,
We hold in our hands,
We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all: Freedom. The freedom to express our art. Our love. The freedom to be who we want to be. We are not going to give that freedom away and no one shall take it from us!, Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992,
There is nothing sadde
There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992,
Repetition does not tr
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth., Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, October 26 1939, 32nd president of US (1882 1945)
Be open to your dreams
Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon., David Assael, Northern Exposure, It Happened in Juneau, 1992,
The idea of an electio
The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment., Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Democracy in America, 1992,
Repetition is the deat
Repetition is the death of art., Robin Green, Northern Exposure, Burning Down the House, 1992,
Rain usually makes me
Rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture. Today it just makes me feel wet., Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Dateline: Cicely, 1992,
I always admired athei
I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Seoul Mates, 1991,
Obsessions and fixatio
Obsessions and fixations are not really my field. All I know, when the mind really grabs hold of something, look out., Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991,
A man should not leave
A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a preflight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to liftoff?, Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, All is Vanity, 1991,
They say dreams are th
They say dreams are the windows of the soultake a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts., Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991,
Truth is generally the
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander., Abraham Lincoln, letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18 1864, 16th president of US (1809 1865)
Two men look out throu
Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars., Frederick Langbridge, (1849 1923)
How much easier it is
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct., Benjamin Disraeli, speech, January 24 1860, British politician (1804 1881)
George Washington had
George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?, Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Bolt from the Blue, 1994,
Women have more to off
Women have more to offer this world than just a fallopian tube. Nothing is going to change until you quit looking at us as just sperm receptacles., Barbara Hall, Northern Exposure, Baby Blues, 1994,
Death is the enemy. I
Death is the enemy. I spent 10 years of my life singlemindedly studying, practicing, fighting hand to hand in close quarters to defeat the enemy, to send him back bloodied and humble and I am not going to roll over and surrender., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, First Snow, 1993,
By midNovember I alway
By midNovember I always like to have an extra 15 pounds on me., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, First Snow, 1993,
As a scientist, I am n
As a scientist, I am not sure anymore that life can be reduced to a class struggle, to dialectical materialism, or any set of formulas. Life is spontaneous and it is unpredictable, it is magical. I think that we have struggled so hard with the tangible that we have forgotten the intangible., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Zarya, 1994,
If our house be on fir
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it., Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Lewis, Jr., May 9 1798, 3rd president of US (1743 1826)
There can be no spirit
There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Revelations, 1993,
People are simply inca
People are simply incapable of prolonged, sustained goodness., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Do The Right Thing, 1992,
Joel: Ed, are you hall
Joel: Ed, are you hallucinating? Ed: Oh, yeah, but not right now., Sy Rosen and Christian Williams, Northern Exposure, On Your Own, 1992,
One person can have a
One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world., Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992,
I started concentratin
I started concentrating so hard on my vision that I lost sight., Robin Green, Northern Exposure, Burning Down the House, 1992,
If we do not ever take
If we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?, Wachowski Brothers, The Matrix Reloaded,
Choice is an illusion,
Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without., Wachowski Brothers, The Matrix Reloaded,
You can win a million
You can win a million battles but you can only lose one., R. A. Salvatore, Homeland,
It never ceases to ama
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own., Marcus Aurelius, Meditations,
Tell me where I can es
Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me the country, show me the men to whom I must go, whom death does not visit. Discover to me a charm against death. If I have not one, what do you wish me to do? I cannot escape from death, but shall I die lamenting and trembling? . . . Therefore if I am able to change externals according to my wish, I change them: but if I cannot, I am ready to tear the eyes out of him who hinders me., Epictetus, Roman (Greekborn) slave Stoic philosopher (55 AD 135 AD)
If a nation is ruled b
If a nation is ruled by two kings, both the kings and their subjects will perish., Yeghishe,
Face your deficiencies
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
Hope sees the invisibl
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible., Helen Keller, US blind deaf educator (1880 1968)
Time is but the stream
Time is but the stream I go afishing in. I drink at it but as I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is., Henry David Thoreau, Walden, US Transcendentalist author (1817 1862)
When life hands us a b
When life hands us a beutiful bouquet of flowers we stare at it in cautious expectation of a bee., Dean Koontz, Shadow Fires ( early book),
There are two things i
There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...) the other was the fact that the century would end., Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, English humorist science fiction novelist (1952 2001)
To deny our own impuls
To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human., Andy and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix, 1999,
A little Madness in th
A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King., Emily Dickinson, No. 1333, US poet (1830 1886)
If there comes a littl
If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood Ankledeep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing, This is Spring., Christopher Pearce Cranch, A Spring Growl,
In the bleak midwinter
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago., Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol, English poet (1830 1894)
Every mile is two in w
Every mile is two in winter., George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, English clergyman metaphysical poet (1593 1633)
Whose woods these are
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow., Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, US poet (1874 1963)
Winter lies too long i
Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen., Willa Cather, My Antonia, US novelist (1873 1947)
The tendinous part of
The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood., John Burroughs, The SnowWalkers, US essayist naturalist (1837 1921)
And for the season it
And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms., William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, American Pilgrim leader (1590 1657)
I think that parents o
I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids., Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Death, 1997,
The world is a great b
The world is a great book he who never stirs from home reads only a page., Saint Augustine, Carthaginian author, saint, church father (354 AD 430 AD)
Once you have traveled
Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey., Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides, US novelist (1945 )
When a traveller retur
When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him., Francis Bacon, 15971625,
The teaching of politi
The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend… The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government., Ralph Waldo Emerson, …Journal, 1860,
You go back. You searc
You go back. You search for what made you happy when you were smaller. We are all grown up children, really... So one should go back and search for what was loved and found to be real., Audrey Hepburn,
Loving is misery for w
Loving is misery for women always. I shall never forgive God for making me a woman and dearly am I beginning to pay for the honour of owning a pretty face., Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd,
He saw that it was an
He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision., Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter 8,
There I lay staring up
There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone., J. R. R. Tolkien, British scholar fantasy novelist (1892 1973)
I realized that If I h
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes., Charles Lindbergh, Interview shortly before his death, 1974, US aviator (1902 1974)
You cannot fly like an
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren., William Henry Hudson, Afoot in England, 1909, English critic naturalist (1841 1922)
I hope you love birds
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven., Emily Dickinson, US poet (1830 1886)
Much talking is the ca
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about., Saskya Pandita,
When thou seest an eag
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head!, William Blake, English engraver, illustrator, poet (1757 1827)
The very idea of a bir
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holidaylives and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!, John Burroughs, Birds and Poets, 1887, US essayist naturalist (1837 1921)
Do you want to know th
Do you want to know the secret of pain? If you just stop feeling it, you can start to use it., Robert Englund,
Whether we bring our e
Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or justice to our enemies, justice will be done., George W. Bush, 43rd President of US (1946 )
We never learn to pray
We never learn to pray, really pray until we are in a situatioin where there is nothing left to do but pray., Victoria Damon,
No, it is remrable tha
No, it is remrable that everest did not yield to the first few attempts it would have been suprising and not a little sad if it had, for that is not the way of great mountains., Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air,
I am one of those who
I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves., Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings, Lebanese artist poet in US (1883 1931)
I have a hundred times
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission., Robert Burns, Scottish national poet (1759 1796)
Tyranny, like hell, is
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph., Thomas Paine, Common Sense, US patriot political philosopher (1737 1809)
How tranquil is a cora
How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!, Jules Verne, 20 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 19,
Scent is the soul of f
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!, Jules Verne, 20 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 34,
He who cannot forgive
He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself., George Herbert, English clergyman metaphysical poet (1593 1633)
O would some power the
O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us. (O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us.), Robert Burns, Poem To a Louse verse 8, Scottish national poet (1759 1796)
I have the consolation
I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty., Thomas Jefferson, letter to Count Diodati, 1807, 3rd president of US (1743 1826)
Come what come may, Ti
Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day., William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Now would I give a tho
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground., William Shakespeare, The Tempest,, Act 1 Scene 2, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
What seest thou else I
What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time?, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1 Scene 2, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
I would fain die a dry
I would fain die a dry death., William Shakespeare, The Tempest,, Act 1 Scene 1, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
I do begin to have blo
I do begin to have bloody thoughts., William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1, Greatest English dramatist poet (1564 1616)
Never lend books nobo
Never lend books nobody ever returns them the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me., Anatole France, French novelist (1844 1924)
When books are burned
When books are burned in the end people will be burned too., Heinrich Heine, German critic poet (1797 1856)
Any man with a moderat
Any man with a moderate income can afford to buy more books than he can read in a lifetime., Henry Holt,
I have always imagined
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library., Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine novelist poet (1899 1986)
When the destroyer com
When the destroyer comes, his first act will be to destroy all the books., Thomas More,
There is a very fine l
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it., Maya Angelou, US author poet (1928 )
Being defeated is ofte
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent., Marilyn Vos Savant,
Only those who dare t