10.30.2011
You can't help getting older
"You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." - George Burns
If you wish to know what a man is
"If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority." - Yugoslav Proverb
It is unwise to be too sure
"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." - Mahatma Gandhi
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it
"It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust." - Samuel Johnson
You never know what you can do without
"You never know what you can do without until you try." - Unknown
Responsibility for learning
"Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age." - Robert Martin
'Come to the edge.'
"'Come to the edge.'
'No, we will fall.'
'Come to the edge.'
'No, we will fall.'
They came.
He pushed them.
And they flew."
- Guillaume Apollinaire
'No, we will fall.'
'Come to the edge.'
'No, we will fall.'
They came.
He pushed them.
And they flew."
- Guillaume Apollinaire
10.29.2011
Progress isn't made by early risers
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." - Robert Heinlein
Our feelings are our most genuine paths
"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge." - Audre Lorde
Vitality shows in not only the ability
"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
We do not know what we want
"We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact." - Jean-Paul Sartre
The forceps of our minds are clumsy
"The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it." - H. G. Wells
Faith may be defined briefly
"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable." - H. L. Mencken
A mind, like a home, is furnished
"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself." - Louis L'Amour
A man who thinks he has a higher purpose
"A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love." - Denise Mina
We should manage our fortunes
"We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A writer is a writer not because she writes
"A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway." - Junot Diaz
10.28.2011
A man is not idle because...
"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor." - Victor Hugo
Most of the change we think we see
"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor." - Robert Frost
Young people are in a condition
"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication--because youth is sweet, and they are growing." - Aristotle
One half of the world cannot understand
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." - Jane Austen
Art is the stored honey
"Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail." - Theodore Dreiser
By and large, jazz has always been
"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with." - Duke Ellington
Get the facts, or the facts will get you
"Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong." - Dr. Thomas Fuller
Sometimes I've believed
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Lewis Carroll
I beg you take courage
"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster." - Catherine II
When you cannot get a compliment
"When you cannot get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one." - Mark Twain
10.27.2011
Treasure the love you have received
"Treasure the love you have received above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished." - Og Mandino
The important thing is this:
"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles Du Bos
the place where no one else has ever been
"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself." - Alan Alda
The public is wonderfully tolerant
"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius." - Oscar Wilde
several good protections against temptations
"There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice." - Mark Twain
One word frees us
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." - Sophocles
The size of your audience doesn't matter
"The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening." - Randy Pausch
of all deep human problems
"It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment." - Freeman Dyson
10.26.2011
if you try to take each day
"Even if you try to take each day at a time, sometimes they attack you all at once." - Unknown
something inconvenient about it
"There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it." - Denis Diderot
In science one tries to tell people
"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac
You can't say that civilization doesn't advance
"You can't say that civilization doesn't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way." - Will Rogers
To knock a thing down
"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood." - George Santayana
Some people like my advice
"Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it." - Gordon R. Dickson
The best time to plant an oak tree
"The best time to plant an oak tree was twenty-five years ago. The second best time is today." - James Carville
a lush carpet of pine needles
"To me, a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug." - Helen Keller
whether it's winter or summer
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy." - Anton Chekhov
a change of self is needed
"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene." - A. C. Benson
Patriotism is easy to understand
"Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country." - Calvin Coolidge
Action may not always bring happiness
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli
Get not your friends by bare compliments
"Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love." - Socrates
No problem is too small or too trivial
"No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it." - Richard Feynman
Progress is the product of human agency
"Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities." - Susan Rice
The incognito of lower class employment
"The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide." - Margaret Cho
A moment's insight is sometimes
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a lifetime's experience." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
I have always found
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice." - Abraham Lincoln
10.25.2011
Fear not those who argue
"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge." - Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
We can learn nothing
"We can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown." - Claude Bernard
Even if you do learn to speak correct English
"Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?" - Clarence Darrow
If you greatly desire something
"If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it." - Brendan Francis
For where does one run to
"For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?" - Claude Brown
If the wolf isn't at your door
"If the wolf isn't at your door, don't go find him and invite him to come in." - Unknown
If things around you don't change
"If things around you don't change, change the things you're around." - Rev. Run
10.24.2011
No great genius has ever existed
"No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness." - Aristotle
There are times when the only solution
"There are times when the only solution is to take a break." - Unknown
It'll all work out in the end
"It'll all work out in the end. If it's not worked out, IT'S NOT THE END." - Unknown
If you keep doing what you're doing
"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting." - Unknown
My advice to you is get married:
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates
Those who get the most from life
"Those who get the most from life are those who give the most." - Unknown
10.23.2011
If all you have is a hammer
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - Abraham Maslow
If you are willing to admit your faults
"If you are willing to admit your faults, you have one less fault to admit." - Unknown
Love is not finding a perfect person
"Love is not finding a perfect person, it is seeing an imperfect person perfectly." - Unknown
Nothing makes a person more productive
"Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute." - Unknown
A man who views the world the same
"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life." - Muhammad Ali
Unconditional respect, unconditional love
"Unconditional respect is as powerful for men as unconditional love is for women." - Unknown
Your ears will never get you in trouble
"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble." - Frank Tyger
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt." - English proverb
10.22.2011
All glory comes from daring to begin
"All glory comes from daring to begin." - Alexander Graham Bell
Danger for most of us
"Danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark." - Michaelangelo
The worst thing about being lied to
"The worst thing about being lied to is simply knowing you weren't worth the truth." - Unknown
At one point in your life
"At one point in your life, you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't." - Andy Roddick
I never did anything worth doing by accident
"I never did anything worth doing by accident." - Plato
When you think about it
"When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope?" - Lance Armstrong
Better a little which is well done
"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal done imperfectly." - Plato
Sometimes the smallest things
"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." - Winnie the Pooh
"Love is composed of a single soul
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle
man is the noblest of all animals
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst." - Aristotle
10.21.2011
In poverty and other misfortunes
"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge." - Aristotle
The greatest virtues
"The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons." - Aristotle
The death of the heart
"The death of the heart is the saddest thing that can happen to you." - Chinese proverb
I count him braver
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." - Aristotle
A ship in the harbor is safe
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships were built for." - Unknown
Law of Confidence:
"Law of Confidence: "You have to believe in you before they do." - Rev. Joseph "Run" Simmons
It is best to rise from life
"It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken." - Aristotle
10.20.2011
Television has done much for psychiatry
"Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it." - Alfred Hitchcock
It's not the voting that's democracy
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting." - Tom Stoppard
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult
"Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed." - Baltasar Gracian
I am not afraid of storms
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott
The best years of your life
"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny." - Albert Ellis
Everything has its wonders
"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therein to be content." - Helen Keller
the game of boomerangs
"The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy." - Florence Shinn
You can't do anything
"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth." - Evan Esar
10.19.2011
Let no man pull you low enough
"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him." - Martin Luther King Jr.
The excellence of a gift
"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value." - Charles Dudley Warner
To get the best out of a man,
"To get the best out of a man, go to what is best in him." - Daniel Considine
There is no mistaking a real book
"There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love." - Christopher Morley
In great affairs, men show themselves
"In great affairs, men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things, they show themselves as they are." - Nicholas Chamfort
banking institutions are more dangerous
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. " - Thomas Jefferson
He knows all about art, but...
"He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes." - James Thurber
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." - George Herbert
Good order is the foundation of all things
"Good order is the foundation of all things." - Edmund Burke
Mortal lovers must not try to remain
"Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair." - C. S. Lewis
give to the world the best you have
Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you." - Madeline Bridges
10.18.2011
Nurture your mind with great thoughts
"Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes." - Benjamin Disraeli
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is cruel to discover
"It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late." - W. Somerset Maugham
The truth is the kindest thing
"The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end." - Harriet Beecher Stowe
She who does not yet know
"She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder." - Ethiopian proverb
Laws control the lesser man
"Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one." - Chinese proverb
The most rewarding things you do
"The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done." - Arnold Palmer
The drowning man is not troubled by rain
"The drowning man is not troubled by rain." - Persian proverb
10.17.2011
Rather than love, than money, than fame
"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." - Henry David Thoreau
Against stupidity the gods
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." - Friedrich von Schiller
What you do speaks so loud
"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I have seen further
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton
a return to the idealised past
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past." - Robertson Davies
The greatest use of life
"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." - William James
a real dark night of the soul
"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
10.16.2011
It's not that I'm afraid to die
"It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
Fiction is obliged to stick
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." - Mark Twain
a good imagination and a pile of junk
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." - Thomas A. Edison
Those who bring sunshine
"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." - James M. Barrie
Food is the most primitive form of comfort
"Food is the most primitive form of comfort." - Sheila Graham
Most people would succeed
"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
you have to be someone more
"I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more." - Candice Bergen
Once the game is over
"Once the game is over, the king & the pawn go back in the same box." - Italian proverb
10.15.2011
Advertising may be described
"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it." - Stephen Leacock
The power of accurate observation
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
There can't be a crisis next week
"There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." - Henry A. Kissinger
my heart has learned
"Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe." - Homer
Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall
"Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either." - Jewish proverb
that would suffice
"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'thank you,' that would suffice." - Meister Eckhart
at something I love
"I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate." - George Burns
10.14.2011
Never seem more learned
"Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked." - Lord Chesterfield
in order to find out
"Sometimes we do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions--not answers." - John Le Carre
when it rains on your parade
"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." - Jerry Chin
The face is the mirror of the mind
"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart." - Saint Jerome
you might as well be dead
"I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead." - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
Don't do what you want
"Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most." - Chuck Palahniuk
The true mystery of the world
"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible." - Oscar Wilde
If you are pained by external things
"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now." - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
I have failed many times
"I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success." - Michael Jordan
10.13.2011
The things we know best
"The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught." - Marquis de Vauvenargues
Man has to suffer
"Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some." - Jose Marti
seriously called an old man
"A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Purchase not friends by gifts
"Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love." - Thomas Fuller
The end result of kindness
"The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you." - Anita Roddick
All truths are easy to understand
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo Galilei
10.12.2011
It is healthier to see the good
"It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones." - Francoise Sagan
10.11.2011
I just need enough to tide me over
"I just need enough to tide me over until I need more." - Bill Hoest
A desk is a dangerous place
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world." - John le Carre
on what you are going to do
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." - Henry Ford
History will be kind to me
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill
Therefore search and see
"Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity." - Albert Schweitzer
big words for little matters
"Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters." - Samuel Johnson
10.10.2011
Luck is what you have left over
"Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent." - Langston Coleman
I do believe it is possible
"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed." - Etty Hillesum
Skill in the art of communication
"Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively." - Norman Allen
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey
"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey." - Stephen R. Covey
You have a choice.
"You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be." - Chuck Palahniuk
If all else fails, immortality
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Kenneth Galbraith
Not only is the universe stranger
"Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." - Sir Arthur Eddington
We can't all be heroes
"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." - Will Rogers
Success usually comes to those who...
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
10.07.2011
one of the hardest arguments to refute
"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute." - Josh Billings
Take care to get what you like
"Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get." - George Bernard Shaw
Once in a while you have to
"Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself." - Audrey Giorgi
Many men can make a fortune
"Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family." - J. S. Bryan
the hands of cards life gives us
"We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players." - Doc Searls
the reputation we acquire
"Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves." - Nathaniel Branden
Everywhere I go I'm asked...
"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher." - Flannery O'Connor
10.06.2011
Everything in the world
"Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In films, murders are always very clean.
"In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man." - Alfred Hitchcock
Those who would give up
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
The government's view of the economy
"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan
Dream as if you'll live forever.
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
Habit is a cable
"Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it." - Horace Mann
If you can't stand the heat
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." - Harry S. Truman
Everything that irritates us
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl Jung
Vanity and pride are different things
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." - Jane Austen
Things are only impossible until...
"Things are only impossible until they're not." - Jean-Luc Picard
It is well to give when asked
"It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding." - Kahlil Gibran
10.05.2011
Real strength is not...
"Real strength is not just a condition of one's. muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit." - McCallister Dodds
The only way to discover the limits
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." - Arthur C. Clarke
The most radical revolutionary
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." - Hannah Arendt
Just trust yourself
"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Small opportunities are often the beginning
"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises." - Demosthenes
Happiness is when...
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi
Life is like...
"Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter." - Sharon Salzberg
The great thing about getting older
"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been." - Madeleine L'Engle
I can think of nothing more boring
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
The significance of man
"The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it." - Carl Becker
The main dangers in this life
"The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing. " - Nancy Astor
10.04.2011
Never esteem anything
"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect." - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The most important thing in life
"The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten." - Andre Malraux
Leadership and learning
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy
For every complicated problem
"For every complicated problem there is a simple, easy to understand, wrong answer." - Unknown
Most people ignore most poetry
"Most people ignore most poetry
because
most poetry ignores most people."
- Adrian Mitchell
because
most poetry ignores most people."
- Adrian Mitchell
The human race has one really effective weapon
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." - Mark Twain
10.03.2011
Don't laugh at a youth
"Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own." - Logan Pearsall Smith
Passion is seldom the end
"Passion is seldom the end of any story, for it cannot long endure if it is not soon supplemented with true affection and mutual respect." - Kathryn L. Nelson
Though I am not naturally honest
"Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance." - William Shakespeare
I would never die for my beliefs
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." - Bertrand Russell
A truly great book should be read
"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. " - Robertson Davies
The dead might as well try
"The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young." - Willa Cather
Many books require no thought
"Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them." - Charles Caleb Colton
There is no law of progress.
"There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.'" - William Ralph Inge
In order for people to be happy
"In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt." - Meg Cabot
...and then say the fault
"There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots." - George Eliot
Discourage litigation
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough." - Abraham Lincoln
Let us, then be up and doing
"Let us, then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Science arose from poetry
"Science arose from poetry--when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
the smallest ideas of any man
"He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met." - Abraham Lincoln
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