Niccolo Machiavelli

Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.
- Niccolo Machiavelli

Stanislaus I

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
- Stanislaus I of Poland

C. S. Lewis

Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us...
- C. S. Lewis

Voltaire

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
- Voltaire

Arthur Brisbane

"A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling."
- Arthur Brisbane

Anais Nin

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
- Anais Nin

Anthony Trollope

"Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules."
- Anthony Trollope

Akhenaton

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
- Akhenaton

Gaston Bachelard

There is no original truth, only original error.
- Gaston Bachelard

 

Lao-Tzu

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
- Lao-Tzu

Mae West

He who hesitates is last.
- Mae West

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Soren Kierkegaard

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Buckminster Fuller

Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
- Buckminster Fuller

Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share riches but to reveal him his own.
- Benjamin Disraeli

William Hazlitt

“The soul of the journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.”
- William Hazlitt

Mignon McLaughlin

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.
- Mignon McLaughlin

Samuel Johnson

Love is only one of many passions.
- Samuel Johnson

Erich Fromm

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.
- Erich Fromm

Douglas Adams

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Homer

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.
- Homer

Oscar Wilde

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
- Oscar Wilde

Ambrose Bierce

Friendship: A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
- Ambrose Bierce

Robert Pante

"If you look good and dress well, you don't need a purpose in life."
- Robert Pante

Don Herrold

Babies are such a nice way to start people.
- Don Herrold

Peter De Vries

"There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you."
- Peter De Vries

Akira Kurosawa

"In a mad world only the mad are sane."
- Akira Kurosawa

George Bernard Shaw

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
- George Bernard Shaw

Thomas Fuller

A man is not good or bad for one action.
- Thomas Fuller

Mark Twain

When we are young we generally estimate an opinion by the size of the person that holds it, but later we find that is an uncertain rule, for we realize that there are times when a hornet's opinion disturbs us more than an emperor's.
- Mark Twain