He
turns not back who is bound to a star.
- Leonardo Da Vinci
The
present is the point at which time touches eternity.
- C. S. Lewis
Never
assume the obvious is true.
-
William Safire
Time and tide wait for no man.
- English Proverb
When
a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden
truth.
- George
Bernard Shaw
Every
madman thinks that all the rest of the world is mad.
- Latin Proverb
Tomorrow's
life is too late. Live today.
- Marcus Valerius Martialis
Few
things are harder to put up with than a good example.
- Mark Twain
Woe
unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!
- Luke 6:26
Contradictions
do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing
a contradiction, check your premises. You will find
that one of them is wrong. -
Ayn Rand
Tolerance
is the only real test of civilization.
- Arthur
Helps
Wealth
consists not in having great possessions but in having
few wants.
- Epicurus
The
way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be
what you desire to appear.
- Socrates
Good
advice costs nothing and is worth the price.
-
Walter A. Benz
The
difference between intelligence and education is this:
intelligence will make you a good living.
- Charles
Kettering
If
you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant
for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in
from all quarters.
-
George Bernard Shaw
Experience
teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
- James A. Froude
Not to
know at large of things remote
From use, obscure and subtle, but to know
That which before us lies in daily life,
Is the prime wisdom.
- John Milton
The
true university these days is a collection of books.
- Thomas Carlyle
The
grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest
number of empirical facts by logical deduction from
the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
- Albert Einstein
Thou
mayst as well expect to grow stronger by always eating,
as wiser by always reading. It is thought and digestion
which makes books serviceable, and give health and
vigor to the mind.
- Thomas Fuller
A
man who finds no satisfaction in himself seeks for
it in vain elsewhere.
- Francois La Rouchefoucauld
A
politician thinks of the next election. A statesman
thinks of the next generation.
- James Freeman Clarke
