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Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly...

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Thomas Wolfe: Culture is the...

Thomas Wolfe: Culture is the...

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Elie Wiesel: There may be...

Elie Wiesel: There may be...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to...

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Sloan Wilson: It's not a...

Sloan Wilson: It's not a...

It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start building with...

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Lawana Blackwell: Age is no...

Lawana Blackwell: Age is no...

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Source: In Collection of 10,000 Inspirational...

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John LeCarre: A committee is...

John LeCarre: A committee is...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...

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Democritus: I would rather...

Democritus: I would rather...

I would rather discover a single causal connection than win the throne of Persia.

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Antisthenes: I am sadly...

Antisthenes: I am sadly...

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

Source: On being praised...

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Alan W Watts: Things are as...

Alan W Watts: Things are as...

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong...

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Chuang-tzu: Great wisdom is...

Chuang-tzu: Great wisdom is...

Great wisdom is generous, petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech...

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Mahatma Gandhi: The difference between...

Mahatma Gandhi: The difference between...

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's...

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Gaston Bachelard: The characteristic of...

Gaston Bachelard: The characteristic of...

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

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Karl Popper: We must plan...

Karl Popper: We must plan...

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security...

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Giordano Bruno: The beginning, middle,...

Giordano Bruno: The beginning, middle,...

The beginning, middle, and end of the birth, growth, and perfection of whatever we behold is from contraries, by...

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Emile Chartier: Nothing is more...

Emile Chartier: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

Source:...

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Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself...

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Robert Penn Warren: The end of...

Robert Penn Warren: The end of...

The end of man is knowledge, but [man] can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him; whether he is killed...

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Stephen Crane: If I should...

Stephen Crane: If I should...

If I should cast off this tattered coat,
And go free into the mighty sky;
If I should find nothing there
But...

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Georges Bernanos: It's a fine...

Georges Bernanos: It's a fine...

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

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Joseph Conrad: A word carries...

Joseph Conrad: A word carries...

A word carries far -- very far -- deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through...

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