Albert Schweitzer

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.
- Albert Schweitzer

Homer Simpson

Wait a minute. I'm a guy like me!
- Homer Simpson

Catherine Ponde

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.
- Catherine Ponde

Peter Abelard

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
- Peter Abelard

Buddhist Quote

You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.
- Buddhist Quote

Abraham Maslow

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
- Abraham Maslow

Helen Keller

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
- Helen Keller

Plato

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.
- Plato

Voltaire

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
- Voltaire

Charles Caleb Colton

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
- Charles Caleb Colton

Gilbert K. Chesterton

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Henry Miller

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.
- Henry Miller

Juvenal

It is difficult not to write satire.
- Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

Mahatma Gandhi

If you don't ask, you don't get.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Stephen Vincent Benet

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
- Stephen Vincent Benet

Emily Dickinson

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.
- Emily Dickinson

Jack Welch

You cant behave in a calm, rational manner. Youve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.
- Jack Welch

Mae West

I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported.
- Mae West

Zen Buddhist Proverb

Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
- Zen Buddhist Proverb

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

“Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.”
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Geri Weitzman

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
- Geri Weitzman

Andrew Jackson

I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.
- Andrew Jackson

George Bernard Shaw

Lack of money is the root of all evil.
- George Bernard Shaw

Thomas Edison

Our schools are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work....
- Thomas Edison

William Hazlitt

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
- William Hazlitt

Oscar Wilde

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.
- Oscar Wilde

Marcus Aurelius

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.
- Marcus Aurelius

Harold Macmillan

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
- Harold Macmillan

David Seabury

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- David Seabury

William Shakespeare

“T'is neither here nor there.”- William Shakespeare, Othello (1564-1616)

Mark Twain

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
- Mark Twain