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Claude Levi-Strauss: If the composer...

Claude Levi-Strauss: If the composer...

If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been...

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Claude Levi-Strauss: Our system is...

Claude Levi-Strauss: Our system is...

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish...

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Stanislaw Lem: A man who...

Stanislaw Lem: A man who...

A man who for an entire week does nothing but hit himself over the head has little reason to be...

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Meister Eckhart: If the only...

Meister Eckhart: If the only...

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.

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Alfred Whitney Griswold: The divine spark...

Alfred Whitney Griswold: The divine spark...

The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of...

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William Lyon Phelps: One of the...

William Lyon Phelps: One of the...

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

Source: In...

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John Erskine: Opinion is that...

John Erskine: Opinion is that...

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without...

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Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their...

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Clara Barton: I may be...

Clara Barton: I may be...

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed...

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Lillian Carter: Sometimes when I...

Lillian Carter: Sometimes when I...

Sometimes when I look at all my children, I say to myself, Lillian, you should have stayed a...

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Lillian Carter: Sure, I'm for...

Lillian Carter: Sure, I'm for...

Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Source:...

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John Arbuthnot: [The writer] warns...

John Arbuthnot: [The writer] warns...

[The writer] warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.

Source:...

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William Harvey: [The heart] is...

William Harvey: [The heart] is...

[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body,...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

I don't want to control anybody's mind or anybody's heart -- I just want to help free people from the concert of sex...

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Thomas Browne: Be able to...

Thomas Browne: Be able to...

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

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Thomas Browne: There is no...

Thomas Browne: There is no...

There is no road or ready way to virtue.

Source: Religio medici.
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Browne: To believe only...

Thomas Browne: To believe only...

To believe only possibilities, is not faith, but mere Philosophy.

Source: In The...

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Gerald Jampolsky: Inner peace can...

Gerald Jampolsky: Inner peace can...

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore...

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Henry David Thoreau: But lo! men...

Henry David Thoreau: But lo! men...

But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.

Source: Walden, Economy,...

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Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early...

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