The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.
-Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
Wasted affection??
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1807-1882)
Fundamental difference....
There is no fundamental difference between man and the lower animals in their mental faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
-Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Systematic Organization of Hatreds
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
-Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918)
Do you know this song?
There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
-Carson McCullers, writer (1917-1967)
Enlighten Questions
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
-Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
Neither, nor but can...
The question is not Can they reason?, nor Can they talk?, but Can they suffer?
-Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832)
...ignorance
The little I know, I owe to my ignorance.
-Sacha Guitry, actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (1885-1957)
Compliment is...
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
-Victor Hugo, author (1802-1885)
many Vs one way
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Loyalty to each other
"The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other."
~ Mario Puzo
Cost of an experience
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?
-Thomas J. Watson, Chairman and CEO of IBM (1874-1956)
Discover the limits..
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Arthur C. Clarke
progress resulted from
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
-Adlai Stevenson, governor, ambassador (1900-1965)
mean by humility
I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own powers. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
too careful...??
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
-Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet, and playwright (1874-1946)
...all the corners
When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
All the corners that are left.
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
All the corners that are left.
-Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1902-1967)
...afraid of
Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels that you are afraid of him. And perhaps if he believed you are capable of loving him he would no longer be your enemy.
-Thomas Merton, monk, writer (1915-1968)
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