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Otto von Bismarck: There is only...

Otto von Bismarck: There is only...

There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of...

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Stanley Baldwin: War would end...

Stanley Baldwin: War would end...

War would end if the dead could return.

Source: From Charades, an internet...

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Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

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Jean Baudrillard: A negative judgment...

Jean Baudrillard: A negative judgment...

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of...

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Henry David Thoreau: At the same...

Henry David Thoreau: At the same...

At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and...

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Henry David Thoreau: The three-o'-clock in...

Henry David Thoreau: The three-o'-clock in...

The three-o'-clock in the morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest.

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Herman Wouk: Income tax returns:...

Herman Wouk: Income tax returns:...

Income tax returns: the most imaginative fiction written today.

Source: In 1,911...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water,...

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Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to...

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William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to...

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Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or...

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Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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Stendhal: The shepherd always...

Stendhal: The shepherd always...

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the...

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Upton Sinclair: All truly great...

Upton Sinclair: All truly great...

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all...

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Upton Sinclair: I am sustained...

Upton Sinclair: I am sustained...

I am sustained by a sense of the worthwhileness of what I am doing; a trust in the good faith of the process which...

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Frank Norris: The function of...

Frank Norris: The function of...

The function of the novelist . . . is to comment upon life as he sees it.

Source:...

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Laurence Sterne: Learning is the...

Laurence Sterne: Learning is the...

Learning is the dictionary, but sense the grammar of science.

Source: In Wisdom of...

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Chinua Achebe: When suffering knocks...

Chinua Achebe: When suffering knocks...

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has...

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