Month: September 2009

Carl Rogers on Art

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. – Carl Rogers Quotes, Famous …

Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Art

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes, Famous Quotes, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Art

Purpose

The purpose of man is in action not thought. – Carlyle, Thomas

Cooperation

The duty of helping one’s self in the highest sense involves the helping of one’s neighbors. – Smiles, Samuel

Denial

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. – Twain, Mark

Control

Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. – Billings, Josh

Diplomacy

Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that …

Flannery O’Connor

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Flannery O’Connor quotes

Julie Morgenstern

“How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!” Julie Morgenstern quotes

Francois de Fenelon

“Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.” Francois de Fenelon quotes

Sylvia Plath

“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” Sylvia Plath quotes

Paul Getty

“My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.” Paul Getty quotes

Leboeuf, Michael

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it. Leboeuf, Michael quotes

Huxley, Thomas H.

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. Huxley, Thomas H. quotes

Huxley, Aldous

A large city cannot be experientially known; its life is too manifold for any individual to be able to participate in it. Huxley, Aldous quotes

Mole

If we have need of a strong will in order to do good, it is still more necessary for us in order not to do …

Duncan, Barry

Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. Duncan, Barry quotes

Sharpman, Al

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing. Sharpman, Al quotes

Augustine, James

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born. Augustine, James quotes

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth quotes

Louis Hector Berlioz

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” Louis Hector Berlioz quotes

Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

“People are like stained glass windows; they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is …

Isaac Asimov on War

John Dalton’s records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who …

Misfortunes

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. – Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Courtesy

True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. – Pope, Alexander

Jimmy Carter on Sports

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up. …

John le Carre

“Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are …

Paul Beatty

“If all the world’s a stage, I want to operate the trap door.” Paul Beatty quotes

Alan Kay

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Alan Kay quotes

Saint Thomas Aquinas

“The things that we love tell us what we are.” Saint Thomas Aquinas quotes

Conrad Hall

“Contrast is what makes photography interesting.” Conrad Hall quotes