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Socrates: How many things...

Socrates: How many things...

How many things I can do without!

Source: In Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, by...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

Catharine Esther Beecher: The delicate and...

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like...

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Claude Bernard: Science does not...

Claude Bernard: Science does not...

Science does not permit exceptions.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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John Steinbeck: A journey is...

John Steinbeck: A journey is...

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

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Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass...

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Charles A Beard: The bee fertilizes...

Charles A Beard: The bee fertilizes...

The bee fertilizes the flower it robs.

Source: Four Lessons of History, in Readers'...

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Hannah Arendt: As witnesses not...

Hannah Arendt: As witnesses not...

As witnesses not of our intentions but of our conduct, we can be true or false, and the hypocrite's crime is that he...

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S I Hayakawa: Notice the difference...

S I Hayakawa: Notice the difference...

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens...

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Jacques Barzun: The test and...

Jacques Barzun: The test and...

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

The difference between mad people and sane people . . . is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Simulated disorder postulates...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Simulated disorder postulates...

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates...

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Sigmund Freud: The voice of...

Sigmund Freud: The voice of...

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a...

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Abraham Maslow: What a man...

Abraham Maslow: What a man...

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

Source: In The...

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Ken Kesey: People think love...

Ken Kesey: People think love...

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

Source: In Webster's...

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Martin Amis: Bullets cannot be...

Martin Amis: Bullets cannot be...

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the...

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Thomas Paine: It is error...

Thomas Paine: It is error...

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

Source: In Isaac...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Man is the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Man is the...

Man is the cruelest animal.

Source:
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, (Oct 15 1844-1900),...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: On the mountains...

Friedrich Nietzsche: On the mountains...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be...

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Aldous Huxley: Most of one's...

Aldous Huxley: Most of one's...

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Source: Mr....

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Clive Barker: The threads can...

Clive Barker: The threads can...

The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the...

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