He knows the universe and does not know himself.
—Jean de La Fontaine (French Poet)
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
—Carl Sandburg (American Children’s Books Writer)
One life – a little gleam of Time between two Eternities.
—Thomas Carlyle (Scottish Writer)
Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one’s identity.
—Erich Fromm (German Psychologist)
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
—Khalil Gibran (Lebanese-born American Philosopher)
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
—Winston Churchill (British Head of State)
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
—Jean de La Fontaine (French Poet)
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
—Virginia Woolf (English Novelist)
Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
—Mark Twain (American Humorist)