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Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

Richard Bach: What the caterpillar...

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

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Richard Bach: Sooner or later,...

Richard Bach: Sooner or later,...

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

Source: In The...

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Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

I have often noticed that a bribe . . . has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives...

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Jean Paul: The end we...

Jean Paul: The end we...

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Source: In The...

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P G Wodehouse: Never put anything...

P G Wodehouse: Never put anything...

Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache.

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

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

Source: In 1,911...

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James Thurber: A burden in...

James Thurber: A burden in...

A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Christopher Morley: Cherish all your...

Christopher Morley: Cherish all your...

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for your old age.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: We need not...

Mark Twain: We need not...

We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human...

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E M Forster: I have only...

E M Forster: I have only...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me,...

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E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Truth is eternal,...

Madeleine L'Engle: Truth is eternal,...

Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.

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Madeleine L'Engle: We have much...

Madeleine L'Engle: We have much...

We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of...

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Salman Rushdie: In this world...

Salman Rushdie: In this world...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible,...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

Source: In Collection...

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George Eliot: Life is measured...

George Eliot: Life is measured...

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the...

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George Eliot: What loneliness is...

George Eliot: What loneliness is...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 5, ch. 44,...

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