I loved learning, it was school I hated. I used to cut school to go learn something. -Eric Jensen
I loved learning, it was school I hated. I used to cut school to go learn something. -Eric Jensen
Category: Quotes of the day
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. -Seneca
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. -Seneca
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
When you cease to dream you cease to live. -Malcolm S. Forbes
When you cease to dream you cease to live. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. -Thomas Jefferson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. -Thomas Jefferson
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. -William R. Alger
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. -William R. Alger
Be not simply good; be good for something. -Henry David Thoreau
Be not simply good; be good for something. -Henry David Thoreau
The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. -Kahlil Gibran
The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. -Kahlil Gibran
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. -Alexander Hamilton
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. -Alexander Hamilton
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. -Walter Benjamin
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. -Walter Benjamin
Daisaku Ikeda
“You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway …
This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again. -Oscar Wilde
This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again. -Oscar Wilde
John Jefferson
One good act of vengeance deserves another. John Jefferson quotes
Love comes from blindness, friendship from knowledge. -Comte De Bussy-Rabutin
Love comes from blindness, friendship from knowledge. -Comte De Bussy-Rabutin
Make no judgments where you have no compassion. -Anne Mccaffrey
Make no judgments where you have no compassion. -Anne Mccaffrey
I’m not trying to prove anybody wrong, I’m just trying to prove something to myself. -Mike Piazza
I’m not trying to prove anybody wrong, I’m just trying to prove something to myself. -Mike Piazza
Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. -William Shakespeare
Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. -William Shakespeare
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it. -William Faulkner
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it. -William Faulkner
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. -Lao-Tzu
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. -Lao-Tzu
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. -William Shakespeare
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. -William Shakespeare
Alan Reed
An inferiority complex would be a blessing, if only the right people had it. Alan Reed quotes
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quiet conscience. -Euripides
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quiet conscience. -Euripides
Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone. -Thomas Moore
Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone. -Thomas Moore
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Hank Green
“I deal with stress in two ways because there are two kinds of stress. There’s stress that you can take care of and there’s stress …
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. -Edna Ferber
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. -Edna Ferber
Naturally, love’s the most distant possibility. -Georges Bataille
Naturally, love’s the most distant possibility. -Georges Bataille
Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens. -Andy Rooney
Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens. -Andy Rooney
Dean Hawkins
“For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none… If there be one try to find it; If there be …
The face of evil is always the face of total need. -William S. Burroughs
The face of evil is always the face of total need. -William S. Burroughs
Richard Crashaw
I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life. Richard Crashaw quotes
John Homer Miller
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by …
George H. Mead
A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal. George H. Mead quotes
Rose Macaulay
As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals –or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at …
I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home. -William Hazlitt
I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home. -William Hazlitt
To find yourself, think for yourself. -Socrates
To find yourself, think for yourself. -Socrates
As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use. -William James
As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use. -William James
Don’t fear change — embrace it. -Anthony J. D’Angelo
Don’t fear change — embrace it. -Anthony J. D’Angelo
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee
Sex — the great inequality, the great miscalculator, the great Irritator. -Enid Bagnold
Sex — the great inequality, the great miscalculator, the great Irritator. -Enid Bagnold