Never does a wise man commit a sin for the sake of his happiness. Never will he discard Morality because of his personal love or hatred, even though he may suffer and meet with a failure.
—Buddhist Teaching
I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.
—Buckminster Fuller (American Inventor, Philosopher)
The double truth of feeling totally unimportant and at the same time of uppermost importance is of great help in mastering life in it’s various aspects.
—Hans Taeger
To be deceived by our enemies or betrayed by our friends is insupportable; yet by ourselves we are often content to be so treated.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (French Writer)
Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours. Rabbits don’t fly. Eagles don’t swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don’t have feathers. Stop comparing. There’s plenty of room in the forest.
—Chuck Swindoll (American Christian Pastor)
Good taste is, of course, an utterly dispensable part of any journalist’s equipment.
—Michael Hogg (American Psychologist)
Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
—Robert Fulghum (American Unitarian Universalist Author)
Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.
—John Witherspoon (American Clergyman)
No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselves.
—Samuel Johnson (British Essayist)
We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
—Sophie Swetchine (Russian Mystic, Writer)
Pleasure that isn’t paid for is as insipid as everything else that’s free.
—Anita Loos (American Actor)
Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
—Theodor Seuss Geisel (‘Dr. Seuss’) (American Children’s Books Writer)
The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
—Wilson Mizner (American Playwright)
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
—Gerald M. Weinberg (American Computer Scientist)