The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch

Quotes November 23, 2008

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Mind
Quotations by Plutarch

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." – Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.Age and AgingQuotations …

Comparisons are odious.ComparisonsQuotations by Source Unknown

Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time — the cemetery.WorryQuotations by Source Unknown

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.Poetry and PoetsQuotations …

Every man must get to Heaven his own way.IndividualityQuotations by (Frederick II) Frederick The Great

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.LibertyQuotations by John Adams

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.Judgment and JudgesQuotations by Bible

People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored.PersonalityQuotations by Henry Morgan

We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.BehaviorQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld