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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: 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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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand...

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Ella T Grasso: It is not...

Ella T Grasso: It is not...

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about...

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Joseph Goebbels: Intellectual activity is...

Joseph Goebbels: Intellectual activity is...

Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character.

Source: In The...

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Immanuel Kant: I had to...

Immanuel Kant: I had to...

I had to set limits to knowledge in order to make place for faith.

Source: In The...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: The metaphor is...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: The metaphor is...

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man.

Source: The...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Is not life...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Is not life...

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Source: In Pearls...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Most of the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Most of the...

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When we talk...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When we talk...

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which is no way...

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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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Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where...

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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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Friedrich Nietzsche: After coming into...

Friedrich Nietzsche: After coming into...

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The man of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The man of...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his...

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Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . . not simply working from the given, but toward the...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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