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Bertolt Brecht: If there are...

Bertolt Brecht: If there are...

If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be a crooked line.

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Aldous Huxley: Experience is not...

Aldous Huxley: Experience is not...

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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Judith Krantz: The only way...

Judith Krantz: The only way...

The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to...

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Joseph Marie De Maistre: To know how...

Joseph Marie De Maistre: To know how...

To know how to wait is the great secret of success.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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Antonio Gramsci: [A]fter puberty the...

Antonio Gramsci: [A]fter puberty the...

[A]fter puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious. . . . Now it so...

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William Temple: The best rules...

William Temple: The best rules...

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in...

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Martin Bormann: The F?hrer is...

Martin Bormann: The F?hrer is...

The F?hrer is always quite cheerful, cheerful with all his heart, when he is having tea with his friends during the...

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Denis Healey: The difference between...

Denis Healey: The difference between...

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

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Guillaume Apollinaire: It's raining my...

Guillaume Apollinaire: It's raining my...

It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.

Source: La Nuit...

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Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about...

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Ken Kesey: You can't really...

Ken Kesey: You can't really...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Source: One Flew...

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Peter De Vries: Or look at...

Peter De Vries: Or look at...

Or look at it this way.
Psychoanalysis is a permanent fad.


Source: Forever...

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Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same...

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Richard Bach: The best way...

Richard Bach: The best way...

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Source: The Bridge Across...

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Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

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Sholom Aleichem: Life is a...

Sholom Aleichem: Life is a...

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the...

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Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Margot Asquith: No one ever...

Margot Asquith: No one ever...

No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days,...

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James B Conant: Every vital organization...

James B Conant: Every vital organization...

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

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