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Thomas Wolfe: This is the...

Thomas Wolfe: This is the...

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's...

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Thomas Wolfe: The reason a...

Thomas Wolfe: The reason a...

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember...

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Jane Austen: If it was...

Jane Austen: If it was...

'If it was not for the entail I should not mind it.' `What should not you mind?' `I should not mind anything at all.'...

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Douglas Adams: Flying is learning...

Douglas Adams: Flying is learning...

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Source: In The...

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James Allen: Work joyfully and...

James Allen: Work joyfully and...

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Grown-ups never understand...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Grown-ups never understand...

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever...

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Arnold Bennett: You can only...

Arnold Bennett: You can only...

You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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Booker T Washington: Mere connection with...

Booker T Washington: Mere connection with...

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the...

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Booker T Washington: The world cares...

Booker T Washington: The world cares...

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that...

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Kelly Miller: Exaggerated self-importance is...

Kelly Miller: Exaggerated self-importance is...

Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.

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William Pickens: An insignificant right...

William Pickens: An insignificant right...

An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.

Source: The Ultimate...

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Robert M Hutchins: This is a...

Robert M Hutchins: This is a...

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

What can be heavier than wealth than freedom?

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Thomas Carlyle: Endurance is patience...

Thomas Carlyle: Endurance is patience...

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary, by...

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Thomas Carlyle: A great man...

Thomas Carlyle: A great man...

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

Source: In...

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Carlos Castaneda: No person is...

Carlos Castaneda: No person is...

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in...

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Peter Mere Latham: Perfect health, like...

Peter Mere Latham: Perfect health, like...

Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect...

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Peter Mere Latham: Poisons and medicine...

Peter Mere Latham: Poisons and medicine...

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.

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