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Walter Benjamin: He who asks...

Walter Benjamin: He who asks...

He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand...

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Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I...

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John LeCarre: The monsters of...

John LeCarre: The monsters of...

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,...

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August Bier: If there weren't...

August Bier: If there weren't...

If there weren't so many professors, medicine would be much easier.

Source:...

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine: To philosophize is...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: To philosophize is...

To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly...

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Life is filigree...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Life is filigree...

Life is filigree work. . . . What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that...

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Maria Montessori: The first idea...

Maria Montessori: The first idea...

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between...

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Pierre de Coubertin: The most important...

Pierre de Coubertin: The most important...

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part . . . The essential thing in life is not...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I see the...

I see the mind of a 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Georges Clemenceau: A man's life...

Georges Clemenceau: A man's life...

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass...

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Loren Eiseley: If it should...

Loren Eiseley: If it should...

If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a...

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Carlos Castaneda: A man of...

Carlos Castaneda: A man of...

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

Source: In The...

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Clara Barton: This conflict is...

Clara Barton: This conflict is...

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young -- young enough to go to the front. If...

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Hippocrates: Science is the...

Hippocrates: Science is the...

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Source: The Canon...

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William Osler: No bubble is...

William Osler: No bubble is...

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

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William Osler: There are only...

William Osler: There are only...

There are only two sorts of doctors: those who practice with their brains, and those who practice with their...

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John Arbuthnot: All political parties...

John Arbuthnot: All political parties...

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

Source: In Life of...

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William Harvey: All we know...

William Harvey: All we know...

All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.

Source: In The...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: The human spirit...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: The human spirit...

The human spirit is so great a thing that no man can express it; could we rightly comprehend the mind of man nothing...

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Austin O'Malley: If you keep...

Austin O'Malley: If you keep...

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Source: In Correct...

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