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Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Source: Practising...

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Herodotus: The worst pain...

Herodotus: The worst pain...

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

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Titus Livy: Men are seldom...

Titus Livy: Men are seldom...

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

Source:...

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William Manchester: It would be...

William Manchester: It would be...

It would be inaccurate to say that Churchill and I conversed. . . . Like Gladstone speaking to Victoria, he addressed...

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A J P Taylor: Nothing is inevitable...

A J P Taylor: Nothing is inevitable...

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

Source: The Daily Telegraph, 7 Jan...

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A J P Taylor: There is nothing...

A J P Taylor: There is nothing...

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment -- and nothing more...

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George Bancroft: Beauty itself is...

George Bancroft: Beauty itself is...

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Karl Barth: The best theology...

Karl Barth: The best theology...

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

Source: In The...

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Johann Casper Lavater: He who has...

Johann Casper Lavater: He who has...

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his...

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Reinhold Niebuhr: The whole art...

Reinhold Niebuhr: The whole art...

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

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Peace Pilgrim: Keep your feet...

Peace Pilgrim: Keep your feet...

Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.

Source: In The...

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Mohammed: Riches are not...

Mohammed: Riches are not...

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.

Source:...

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Mohammed: Let go the...

Mohammed: Let go the...

Let go the things in which you are in doubt for the things in which there is no doubt.

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Maggie Kuhn: Men and women...

Maggie Kuhn: Men and women...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot...

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Robert Purvis: . . ....

Robert Purvis: . . ....

. . . what a burning shame it is that many of the pieces on the subject of slavery and the slave trade, contained in...

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Mikhail Bakunin: To revolt is...

Mikhail Bakunin: To revolt is...

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality...

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Emma Goldman: When we can't...

Emma Goldman: When we can't...

When we can't dream any longer, we die.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Emma Goldman: Someone has said...

Emma Goldman: Someone has said...

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

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Mikhail Bakunin: Freedom, morality, and...

Mikhail Bakunin: Freedom, morality, and...

Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because...

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Mikhail Bakunin: Does it follow...

Mikhail Bakunin: Does it follow...

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of...

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