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James Thurber: The sanity of...

James Thurber: The sanity of...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to...

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G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping...

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G K Chesterton: When you have...

G K Chesterton: When you have...

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it. The two things that nearly all of us...

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G K Chesterton: Man is an...

G K Chesterton: Man is an...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the...

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G K Chesterton: We are justified...

G K Chesterton: We are justified...

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good...

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G K Chesterton: I want to...

G K Chesterton: I want to...

I want to reassure you I am not this size, really - dear me no, I'm being amplified by the...

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G K Chesterton: Literature and fiction...

G K Chesterton: Literature and fiction...

Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a...

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G K Chesterton: The most wonderful...

G K Chesterton: The most wonderful...

The most wonderful thing about miracles is that they sometimes happen.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: Reason is itself...

G K Chesterton: Reason is itself...

Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any realtion to reality at...

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Jerome K Jerome: The shy man...

Jerome K Jerome: The shy man...

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain...

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Honore de Balzac: Most people of...

Honore de Balzac: Most people of...

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

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Honore de Balzac: When women love...

Honore de Balzac: When women love...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: The lowest and...

Arthur Conan Doyle: The lowest and...

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: A client is...

Arthur Conan Doyle: A client is...

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

Source: Sherlock Holmes in...

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Henry David Thoreau: Must be out-of-doors...

Henry David Thoreau: Must be out-of-doors...

Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health...

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Thomas Carlyle: The world is...

Thomas Carlyle: The world is...

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

Source: Letter, 13 May...

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Thomas Carlyle: The soul gives...

Thomas Carlyle: The soul gives...

The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: There is only...

Thomas Carlyle: There is only...

There is only one post fit for you, and that is the office of perpetual president of the Heaven and Hell Amalgamation...

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Henry David Thoreau: The mass never...

Henry David Thoreau: The mass never...

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the...

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Henry David Thoreau: I was born...

Henry David Thoreau: I was born...

I was born upon thy bank, river,
My blood flows in thy stream,
And thou meanderest forever
At the bottom of...

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