Quotes and Sayings
Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.Aldous Huxley
The impotence of God is infinite.Anatole France
My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.George Gordon Byron
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.Sophocles
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.Henry Drummond
A man does not sin by commission only, but often by ommission.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, "Meditations", book 9.
Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity.Johnson
Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.Alphonse Ka
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a but.Henry Ward Beeche
Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.Spanish Prove
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.English Prove
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.Harry S Truman
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.John D. Rockefeller Jr.
No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self - Expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?Robert Cecil Day Lewis
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes)
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.Reinhold Niebuhr, in a sermon in 1943
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.Mae West
There is no way to be completely happy without being oblivious to the world around you.Maredith Close
How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm I thank thee, night for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.Lord Byron
Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.C. A. Bartol
Love is a kind of warfare.Ovid
Mind is the great lever of all things.Daniel Webste
I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.Henry James
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.Eric Hoffe
Nothing but blackness aboveAnd nothing that moves but the cars... God, if you wish for our love, Fling us a handful of stars.Louis Untermeye
It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes in The Copper Beeches
Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.Terry Thomas
The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies.John Dryden
The creator is both detached and committed, free and yet ensnared, concerned but not too much so. If motivation is too strong the person is blinded if the objective situation is too tightly structured, the person sees none of its alternative possibilities.Robert Macleod
For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity.Marcus Tullius Cicero
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.J. R. R. Tolkien, Spoken by Gandalf
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.Aldous Huxley
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.Titus Livius
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.Washington Irving
The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - These are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.Jerome Seymour Brune
Removing the faults in a stage - Coach may produce a perfect stage - Coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.Edward De Bono
Develop interest in life as you see it in people, things, literature, music - The world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.Henry Mille
