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Linus Pauling: Satisfaction of one's...

Linus Pauling: Satisfaction of one's...

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

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Mary Lyon: Let us forever...

Mary Lyon: Let us forever...

Let us forever forget that every station in life is necessarily that each deserves our respect; that not the station...

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Gilbert Highet: These are not...

Gilbert Highet: These are not...

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own...

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bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we...

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Warren Bennis: Leadership is the...

Warren Bennis: Leadership is the...

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain...

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Miguel de Unamuno: We never know,...

Miguel de Unamuno: We never know,...

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Georges Pompidou: The most dangerous...

Georges Pompidou: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.

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Nikita Khrushchev: If one cannot...

Nikita Khrushchev: If one cannot...

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

Source: In Time...

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A J Balfour: Biography should be...

A J Balfour: Biography should be...

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

Source: Quoted in: Observer ...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Dollars and guns...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Dollars and guns...

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

Source: Radio...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do...

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Manly Hall: It is only...

Manly Hall: It is only...

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Remorse sleeps during...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Remorse sleeps during...

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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Alain Locke: Art must discover...

Alain Locke: Art must discover...

Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.

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Emile M Cioran: Criticism is a...

Emile M Cioran: Criticism is a...

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One has to...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One has to...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still...

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Henry Ward Beecher: The difference between...

Henry Ward Beecher: The difference between...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a...

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Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch...

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