quotes

"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another." John Dewey

“The great mystery which stands behind all events and things can be felt when we stand in a landscape and flowers speak to us directly.” Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

"Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets and life will become a beautiful success." Louisa May Alcott

"Play is not only to be enjoyed but to be accorded high value for its fundamental role in the success of all organisms, including humans." Paul Grobstein, Bryn Mawr College professor, Variability in Brain Function and Behavior

“What mean and cruel things men do for the love of God.” William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright, A Writer's Notebook

"History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ...What is interesting is brought forward as if it had been central and efficacious in the march of events, and harmonies are turned into causes. Kings and generals are endowed with motives appropriate to what the historian values in their actions; plans are imputed to them prophetic of their actual achievements, while the thoughts that really preoccupied them remain buried in absolute oblivion." George Santayana, The Life of Reason: Reason in Science, 1918

“You should wear with pride the scars on your skin, They're a map of the adventures and the places you've been.” Poi Dog Pondering

“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” William Penn

“Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop.” H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

“Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.” Byron J. Langenfeld

“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” Voltaire

“Many promising reconciliations have broken down because, while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven.” Charles Williams

"Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told." Carolyn Heilbrun

“Guard your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.” Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive.” John Cassavetes

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." George Eliot

"Happiness...not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour." Walt Whitman

“There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.” Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” Jimi Hendrix, musician, singer, and songwriter (1942-1970)

“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.” Edgar Watson Howe, novelist and editor (1853-1937)

"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other half." Jane Austen, Emma

"A bad workman always blames his tools." Proverb