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Men fear thought

 

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. - Bertrand Russell

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. - Walt Whitman

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. - Suzanne Necker

Every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Sallust

Fortune favors the brave. - Virgil, Aeneid

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

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. - James Thurber

It is not every question that deserves an answer. - Publilius Syrus, Maxims

Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers. - Voltaire

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