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William Stanley Braithwaite: There was something...

William Stanley Braithwaite: There was something...

There was something in me grieves
That was never born, and died.


Source: Throw...

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Henry David Thoreau: How vain it...

Henry David Thoreau: How vain it...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Source: In...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The one thing...

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

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Milan Kundera: For a novelist,...

Milan Kundera: For a novelist,...

For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question:...

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Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.

Source: Bluebeard's Egg,...

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Kingsley Amis: He was of...

Kingsley Amis: He was of...

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was...

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Kingsley Amis: I sometimes feel...

Kingsley Amis: I sometimes feel...

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of p?t? than any...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: He who despises...

Friedrich Nietzsche: He who despises...

He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser.

Source: In...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Everyone who has...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Everyone who has...

Everyone who has ever built anywhere a 'new heaven' first found the power thereto in his own...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

A great man is always willing to be little.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: We cannot always...

Florence Scovel Shinn: We cannot always...

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we...

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Epictetus: The greater the...

Epictetus: The greater the...

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and...

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John Locke: The actions of...

John Locke: The actions of...

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Source: In The...

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Manly Hall: Words are potent...

Manly Hall: Words are potent...

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: There are two...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: There are two...

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, is it good in itself? In the...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Do not judge,...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Do not judge,...

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Those that are...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Those that are...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of...

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Emile M Cioran: Consciousness is much...

Emile M Cioran: Consciousness is much...

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.

Source:...

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