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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: It is not...

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan: It is not...

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality,...

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Dagobert Runes: Compassion is the...

Dagobert Runes: Compassion is the...

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever...

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Books, I found,...

Books, I found,...

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

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Romance like a...

Romance like a...

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or...

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I have a...

I have a...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it...

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Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor...

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Galileo: Facts which at...

Galileo: Facts which at...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand...

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J Robert Oppenheimer: Any man whose...

J Robert Oppenheimer: Any man whose...

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Source: speaking of...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: If a little...

Thomas Henry Huxley: If a little...

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of...

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Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Touch a university...

Touch a university...

Touch a university with hostile hands and the blood you draw is prompt, copious, and real.

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When Moses was...

When Moses was...

When Moses was alive, the pyramids were a thousand years old . . . . Here people learned to measure time by a...

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The first mistake...

The first mistake...

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

Source: Who Put the Bomp,...

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Nonchalance is the...

Nonchalance is the...

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.

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A man's wife...

A man's wife...

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

Source:...

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The notion that...

The notion that...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art. . . is merely romantic fiction. . . . The game...

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Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Source: In Simpson's...

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A Bartlett Giamatti: On a good...

A Bartlett Giamatti: On a good...

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Medicine is not...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Medicine is not...

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

All virtues come down to courage, at the sharp end of the sword. But courage must be tempered by prudence. Courage...

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