Quotes For You

  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 quest...

  Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1600 Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize. - Henry James, from his essay about the rules of writing Complain to one who can help you. - Yugoslav Proverb A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. - Carl Reiner Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. - William Penn A witty saying proves nothing. - Voltaire Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. - Henry David Thoreau Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. - Aristotle Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. - Mark Twain Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. - Saint Francis of Assisi...

  Image created by ChatGPT We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys. - William Arthur Ward Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson In a mad world only the mad are sane. - Akira Kurosawa There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. - Pablo Picasso It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. - Enrico Fermi College isn't the place to go for ideas. - Helen Keller It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. - Confucius Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington Anything too stupid to be said is sung. - Voltaire There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. - Muhammad Ali READ MORE NICE

  Amelia Earhart Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. --Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927 Love truth, and pardon error. --Voltaire Walking is man's best medicine. --Hippocrates 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 Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. --Benjamin Franklin In summer, the song sings itself. --William Carlos Williams How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. --Henry David Thoreau At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. --Friedrich Nietzsche Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. --Napoleon Bonaparte Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. --Ralph Waldo Emerson READ MORE INTERESTING

Frank Dane. Photo: Mediacourant Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. - Frank Dane To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. - Voltaire There are more fools in the world than there are people. - Heinrich Heine Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963 If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent. - Isaac Newton The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. - Robert Frost It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. - Frank Tyger Life is a long lesson in humility. - James M. Barrie Be still when you h...

Henry David Thoreau. Photo: Google What people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. - Henry David Thoreau The pleasure of love is in loving. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. - Aristotle The price of greatness is responsibility. - Sir Winston Churchill Crime does not pay ... as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman 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 There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. - Friedrich Nietzsche Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. - H. L. Mencken Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. - Voltaire Love is an irresistible desir...