Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
—Albert Einstein (German-born Theoretical Physicist)
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (Roman Stoic Philosopher)
Always do what you feel deeply in the within to be the true thing to do.
—Wallace Wattles (American New Thought Author)
We like to be deceived.
—Blaise Pascal (French Philosopher, Scientist)
Know whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.
—James Baldwin (American Novelist, Social Critic)
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
—Jeremy Collier (English Anglican Clergyman)
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
—Orison Swett Marden (American New Thought Writer)
The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact.
—Henry David Thoreau (American Philosopher)
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.
—C. S. Lewis (Irish-born Author, Scholar)
The best words for resolving a disagreement are, “I could be wrong; I often am.” It’s true.
—Brian Tracy (American Author)
When you work seven days a week, fourteen hours a day, you get lucky.
—Armand Hammer (American Entrepreneur, Businessman)
You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.
—Max Lerner (American Author)