Thomas Kempis

Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.
- Thomas Kempis

Hilaire Belloc

“I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”
- Hilaire Belloc

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lisa Alther

I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.
- Lisa Alther

Philip James Bailey

Kindness is wisdom.
- Philip James Bailey

William Somerset Maugham

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.
- William Somerset Maugham

Elbert Hubbard

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
- Elbert Hubbard

James Thurber

"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
- James Thurber

Joey Adams

Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them.
- Joey Adams

Marcus Aurelius

"Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them."
- Marcus Aurelius

Ambrosius Macrobius

Good laws have their origins in bad morals.
- Ambrosius Macrobius

Buddhist Quote

On life's journey Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him, If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.
- Buddhist Quote

Henry Adams

"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."
- Henry Adams

Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
- Dalai Lama

Gerald R. Ford

"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."
- Gerald R. Ford

George Washington

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
- George Washington

Johnny Carson

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.
- Johnny Carson

Astrid Alauda

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal.
- Astrid Alauda

General Douglas MacArthur

"There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity."
- General Douglas MacArthur

Tao Te Ching

A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
- Tao Te Ching

Confucius

What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.
- Confucius

Franz Kafka

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
- Franz Kafka

Thomas Jefferson

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

Henry Beecher Ward

"Happiness is not the end of life: character is."
- Henry Beecher Ward

Ambrose Bierce

A grave is a place where the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
- Ambrose Bierce

Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford

We remain very married.
- Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford

Zeno

The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.
- Zeno

Rita Rudner

We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper, and you get more feet.
- Rita Rudner

Bertrand Russell

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
- Bertrand Russell

Dr. Robert Muller

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive
untold peace and happiness.
- Dr. Robert Muller

Mark Twain

Happy is he who forgets (ignores?) what cannot be changed.
- Mark Twain