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Friedrich Nietzsche: The lonely one...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The lonely one...

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

Source: In...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The Germans --...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The Germans --...

The Germans -- once they were called the nation of thinkers: do they still think at all? Nowadays the Germans are...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Our treasure lies...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Our treasure lies...

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A good indignation...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A good indignation...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jeremy Bentham: He who thinks...

Jeremy Bentham: He who thinks...

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or...

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Jeremy Bentham: It is the...

Jeremy Bentham: It is the...

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and...

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Someday, after mastering...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Someday, after mastering...

Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The doctrine of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The doctrine of...

The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while...

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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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Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so...

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George Sand: He who draws...

George Sand: He who draws...

He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those...

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Homer: And what he...

Homer: And what he...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own...

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Ian Fleming: A horse is...

Ian Fleming: A horse is...

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

Source: In...

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Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body...

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Paul Tournier: I have no...

Paul Tournier: I have no...

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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