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Mencius: Men must be...

Mencius: Men must be...

Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to...

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Georg Hegel: The learner always...

Georg Hegel: The learner always...

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...

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Gaston Bachelard: I am a...

Gaston Bachelard: I am a...

I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of...

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Gaston Bachelard: To live life...

Gaston Bachelard: To live life...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no...

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Francis H Bradley: The secret of...

Francis H Bradley: The secret of...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

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Henry Highland Garnet: Let your motto...

Henry Highland Garnet: Let your motto...

Let your motto be resistance! resistance! RESISTANCE! No oppressed people have ever secured their liberty without...

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Georges Bernanos: The world is...

Georges Bernanos: The world is...

The world is eaten up by boredom. . . . You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never...

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Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and...

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Maria Montessori: Never help a...

Maria Montessori: Never help a...

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: Not what I...

Thomas Carlyle: Not what I...

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: Reform is not...

Thomas Carlyle: Reform is not...

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a...

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Theodor Reik: Work and love...

Theodor Reik: Work and love...

Work and love these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

Source: Of Love...

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Havelock Ellis: Imagination is a...

Havelock Ellis: Imagination is a...

Imagination is a poor substitute for experience.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Claude Levi-Strauss: No contact with...

Claude Levi-Strauss: No contact with...

No contact with savage Indian tribes has ever daunted me more than the morning I spent with an old lady swathed in...

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Christiaan Barnard: The prime goal...

Christiaan Barnard: The prime goal...

The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering,...

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Ruth Westheimer: Don't share your...

Ruth Westheimer: Don't share your...

Don't share your fantasies unless you're sure your partner really wants to hear them.

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: Cunning . ....

Henry St John Bolingbroke: Cunning . ....

Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: I have observed,...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: I have observed,...

I have observed, that in comedy, the best actor plays the part of the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the hero,...

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: We can only...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: We can only...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

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Edward F Halifax: Nothing would more...

Edward F Halifax: Nothing would more...

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

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