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Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest and...

Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest and...

The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: You can tell...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: You can tell...

You can tell every man's character when you see how they receive praise.

Source: In...

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Herbert Marcuse: If mass communications...

Herbert Marcuse: If mass communications...

If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy...

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Peter Marshall: Our Father in...

Peter Marshall: Our Father in...

Our Father in heaven . . . help us to see that it is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to...

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Peter Marshall: Teach us, O...

Peter Marshall: Teach us, O...

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

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William Ralph Inge: We tolerate shapes...

William Ralph Inge: We tolerate shapes...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

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John Henry Newman: Ability hits the...

John Henry Newman: Ability hits the...

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

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Paul Tillich: The first duty...

Paul Tillich: The first duty...

The first duty of love is to listen.

Source: Recalled on his death, 22 Oct...

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Aristotle: We become just...

Aristotle: We become just...

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave...

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Aristotle: What we have...

Aristotle: What we have...

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

Source: Nicomachean Ethics, Bk....

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Aristotle: What it lies...

Aristotle: What it lies...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Source: In...

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Aristotle: For what is...

Aristotle: For what is...

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to...

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William James: In the practical...

William James: In the practical...

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

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Abbie Hoffman: Expedience, not justice,...

Abbie Hoffman: Expedience, not justice,...

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

Source: In The...

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Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Germaine Greer: Energy is the...

Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a...

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Lucretia Mott: Let woman then...

Lucretia Mott: Let woman then...

Let woman then go on -- not asking as favour, but claiming as right, the removal of all the hindrances to her...

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Clara McBride Hale: If you can't...

Clara McBride Hale: If you can't...

If you can't hold [children] in your arms, please hold them in your heart.

Source:...

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Guy Debord: Young people everywhere...

Guy Debord: Young people everywhere...

Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have...

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Marriage is a...

Marriage is a...

Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst of the bargain.

Source: In...

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The tenderest spot...

The tenderest spot...

The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.

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