C. S. Lewis

For whatever else the religious life may be, it is the fountain of self-knowledge and disillusion, the safest form of psychoanalysis.
- C. S. Lewis

Dr. Seuss

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
- Dr. Seuss

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Thomas Edison

Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
- Thomas Edison

Buddha

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
- Buddha

Ambrose Bierce

Armor: The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
- Ambrose Bierce

George Soros

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
- George Soros

Elbert Hubbard

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard

Sir Winston Churchill

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
- Sir Winston Churchill

Georgia O'Keeffe

“Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.”
- Georgia O'Keeffe

Tryon Edwards

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
- Tryon Edwards

William Shakespeare

Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.
- William Shakespeare

Saint Thomas Acquinas

Repeticio est mater studiorum. Repetition is the mother of all learning.
- Saint Thomas Acquinas

Edgar Bergen

"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy."
- Edgar Bergen

Socrates

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
- Socrates

Sydney J. Harris

"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'”
- Sydney J. Harris

Mother Teresa

God doesn't look at how much we do, but with how much love we do it.
- Mother Teresa

Charles H. Duell

Everything that can be invented has been invented.
- Charles H. Duell

Oprah

"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by
knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus." - Oprah

Howard Aiken

“Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”
- Howard Aiken (1900 - 1973)

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

The more things change, the more they remain the same
- Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world belongs to the energetic.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Robert Zend

Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution.
- Robert Zend

Oscar Wilde

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
- Oscar Wilde

Steven Wright

What a nice night for an evening.
- Steven Wright

Rose Macaulay

"Life, for all its agonies of despair and loss and guilt, is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing, full of liking and love, at times a poem and a high adventure, at times noble and at times very gay; and whatever (if anything) is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again."
- Rose Macaulay

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Dalai Lama

With realization of one's own potential and self confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
- Dalai Lama

William James

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
- William James

Mark Twain

But not many would think of that. They would think of it next day, but that is the difference between talent and the imitation of it. Talent thinks of it at the time.
- Mark Twain