March 2011
22 posts
“It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.”
– Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)
“Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at...”
– Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Altered Egos, 1993
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
– Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
“Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the...”
– Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
“We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.”
– James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
“To get the best out of a man go to what is best in him.”
– Daniel Considine
“Be careful — with quotations, you can damn anything.”
– Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976)
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
– George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
“To be an adult is to be alone.”
– Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Thoughts of a biologist (1939)
“Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for...”
– Julia T. Alvarez
“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
– Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
“The needs of society determine its ethics.”
– Maya Angelou (1928 - )
“The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many...”
– Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
“Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which...”
– Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
“Law stands mute in the midst of arms.”
– Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Milone
“He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
– Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”
– Ruth Gordon
“Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would...”
– Peter McWilliams, Life 101
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the...”
– Erica Jong
“Which is worse: Hell or nothing?”
– Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - )
“He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.”
– Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
“Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.”
– Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) 