David Russell

"We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic."
- David Russell

Maxim Gorky

Every new time will give its law.
- Maxim Gorky

Gail Sheehy

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are to really living.
- Gail Sheehy

Anatole France

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
- Anatole France

Euripides

“Experience, travel — these are as education in themselves.”
- Euripides

Steven Wright

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.
- Steven Wright

George Washington Carver

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
- George Washington Carver

C. S. Lewis

Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.
- C. S. Lewis

Gloria Steinem

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
- Gloria Steinem

Tao Te Ching

Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick, then you can move toward health.
- Tao Te Ching

Buddha

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
- Buddha

James Allen

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your
thoughts take you."
- James Allen

Irving Babbitt

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
- Irving Babbitt

George Edward Woodberry

"To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment."
- George Edward Woodberry

Carl Sandburg

Life is an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
- Carl Sandburg

Freya Stark

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
- Freya Stark

Robertson Davies

"He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities."
- Robertson Davies

Dr. Robert Anthony

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
- Dr. Robert Anthony

H. L. Mencken

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
- H. L. Mencken

Helen Hayes

“When travelling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.”
- Helen Hayes

Winifred Holtby

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.
- Winifred Holtby

Henry Chester

"Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence."
- Henry Chester

Franklin D. Roosevelt

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Horace

He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
- Horace

P. J. O'Rourke

"Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is."
- P. J. O'Rourke

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

In youth we learn; in age we understand.
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Albert Einstein

"One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
- Albert Einstein

William Shakespeare

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”
- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1564-1616)

H.L. Mencken

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
- H.L. Mencken

Alan Simpson

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity,nothing else matters.
- Alan Simpson

Mark Twain

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
- Mark Twain