An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten.
—Constance Rourke (American Historian)
Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed.
—Curtis L. Carlson (American Businessman)
Men ask for a rainbow in the cloud; but I would ask more from Thee. I would be, in my cloud, myself a rainbow—a minister to others’ joy. My patience will be perfect when it can work in the vineyard.
—George Matheson (Scottish Theologian)
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
—Nikos Kazantzakis (Greek Novelist, Statesman)
You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can’t keep that which belongs to someone else.
—Edgar Cayce (American Faith Healer)
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
—Steven Weinberg (American Physicist)
It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.
—Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher)
There is no human nature that is not good. Therefore there is no innate knowledge that is not good. Innate knowledge is the equilibrium before the feelings are aroused. It is the state of broadness and extreme impartiality. It is the original substance that is absolutely quiet and inactive. And it is possessed by all men.
—Wang Yangming (Chinese Philosopher)
For the most part wisdom comes in chips rather than blocks. You have to be willing to gather them constantly, and from sources you never imagined to be probable. No one chip gives you the answer for everything. No one chip stays in the same place throughout your entire life. The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things around as you put together your life. If you’re lucky, putting together your life is a process that will last through every single day you’re alive.
—Ann Patchett (American Novelist)
The absent are always to blame.
—Hebrew Proverb
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
—A. C. Benson (English Essayist)