All of us have so much more time than we use well. How many hours in a life are spent in a way of which one might be proud, looking back?
—Walter Kaufmann (German-American Philosopher)
Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.
—Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (Persian Muslim Mystic)
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (Austrian Novelist)
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
—Alfred North Whitehead (English Mathematician, Philosopher)
God loveth a cheerful giver.
—The Holy Bible (Scripture in the Christian Faith)
Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothing happens…. Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if they are not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.
—Wilferd Arlan Peterson (American Author)
Trust, but verify.
—Russian Proverb
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged.
—Johann Kaspar Lavater (Swiss Theologian, Poet)
The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.
—Christopher Hitchens (Anglo-American Social Critic)
Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.
—Ashleigh Brilliant (British Cartoonist)
Nothing is so beautiful as spring—when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (English Poet)
I think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn’t like it; indeed, especially when one doesn’t like it.
—Charlie Munger (American Investor, Philanthropist)
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.
—John Naisbitt (American Trend Analyst)
God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.
—Richard Feynman (American Physicist)
How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.
—Wendell Phillips (American Abolitionist)