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  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...

  Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. - Walt Whitman Behind every great fortune there is a crime. - Honore de Balzac Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family. - J. S. Bryan Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. - Suzanne Necker Depend not on fortune, but on conduct. - Publilius Syrus Every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Sallust Fortune favours the bold. – Virgil Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets preparation. – Seneca Fortune is like glass — the brighter it shines, the more easily it is broken. – Publilius Syrus READ MORE  

  Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. - Don Marquis Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. - Albert Camus I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. - J. D. Salinger Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. - Robert Louis Stevenson Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. -Mark Twain This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream. - Bill Murray The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. - Walt Whitman I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. - Ronald ...

  A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. - Mark Twain It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! - Walt Whitman The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. - Oscar Wilde If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. - Benjamin Franklin I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. - Ring Lardner The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. - Daniel Webster I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott The graveyards are full of indispensable men. - Charles de Gaulle I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents. - Sir Winston Churchill READ MORE

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity - Walt Whitman It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. - Pierre Beaumarchais It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. - Isaac Asimov A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. - George Bernard Shaw It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required. - Sir Winston Churchill If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan Food is our common ground, a universal experience. - James Beard There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. - Booker T. Washington READ MORE NICE

  Peter Ustinov Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. --Peter Ustinov Nothing endures but personal qualities. --Walt Whitman Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. --Thomas Jefferson Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. --Isaac Asimov Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. --Ralph Waldo Emerson If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. --Mario Andretti It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. --Upton Sinclair A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. --Clare Booth Luce We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe C...

Willa Cather. Photo: Britannica.com No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. - Willa Cather Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. - John Maynard Keynes Men have become the tools of their tools. - Henry David Thoreau Science arose from poetry--when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. - Walt Whitman Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. - G. K. Chesterton If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. - Mother Teresa You never find yourself until you face the truth. - Pearl Bailey Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. - Cicero The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinner

Goethe. Photo: Wikipedia We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. -  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. - Grenville Kleiser The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it. - Wilfred A. Peterson Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing. - Phil Jackson Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. - George Washington Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. - G. K. Chesterton The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. -...

Photo: kqduane.com Your very silence shows you agree. - Euripides The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. - Benjamin Franklin The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give. - Walt Whitman Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Henry David Thoreau Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. - Napoleon Bonaparte Popularity? It is glory's small change. - Victor Hugo Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught. - William Shakespeare He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar. - Chuang-tzu Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence. - Benjamin Haydon

George Herbert. Photo: Wikipedia Storms make oaks take deeper root. - George Herbert Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. - Rita Mae Brown The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing. - Walt Whitman A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. - John le Carre All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. - Mark Twain If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Samuel Johnson Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. - Ann Landers Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. - Arnold Palmer You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. - Rosalynn Carter