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Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterday's sneer and...

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Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a silence in the heart.

Source: A Cedar Box.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2...

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Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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Alice Walker: People tend to...

Alice Walker: People tend to...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only...

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Lewis Carroll: Now here, you...

Lewis Carroll: Now here, you...

Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else,...

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Carl Sagan: There is a...

Carl Sagan: There is a...

There is a lurking fear that some things are 'not meant' to be known, that some inquiries are too dangerous for human...

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Stephen Leacock: It may be...

Stephen Leacock: It may be...

It may be those who do most, dream most.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Stephen Leacock: Advertising may be...

Stephen Leacock: Advertising may be...

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from...

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Linus Pauling: Man's great power...

Linus Pauling: Man's great power...

Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of...

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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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William A Ward: Adversity causes some...

William A Ward: Adversity causes some...

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Source: In My Favorite...

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Christopher Lasch: It is a...

Christopher Lasch: It is a...

It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times --the...

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Robert Brustein: The primary function...

Robert Brustein: The primary function...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve...

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Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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Molefi Kete Asante: As a people,...

Molefi Kete Asante: As a people,...

As a people, our most cherished and valuable achievements are the achievements of spirit. With an Afrocentric spirit,...

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Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Source: Having...

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Michel de Certeau: New York has...

Michel de Certeau: New York has...

New York has never learnt the art of growing old by playing on all its pasts. Its present invents itself, from hour to...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: It is the...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: It is the...

It is the black poet who bridges the gap in tradition, who modifies tradition when experience demands it, who...

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