Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)
Appreciate the constructive; ignore the destructive.
—John Douglas (American FBI Agent)
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
—Catherine Ponder (American Clergywoman)
This is the artist, then—life’s hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty’s miser, glory’s slave.
—Thomas Wolfe (American Novelist)
As you would not bark back at a dog, do not waste your time arguing with foolish people.
—Yogaswami of Jaffna (Sri Lankan Hindu Religious Leader)
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
—Muhammad Ali (American Sportsperson)
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
—Daphne du Maurier (British Novelist)
Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
—Robert Staughton Lynd (American Sociologist)
I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of “too many irons in the fire,” conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have too many—poker, tongs, and all—keep them all going.
—Adam Clarke (British Methodist Theologian)
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.
—J. G. Ballard (English Novelist)
Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn’t you reach out for something big?
—Charles L. Allen (American Minister)
It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science; while they are unable to read, for reading demands making judgments at every line. Conversation is almost dead, and soon so too will be those who knew how to speak.
—Guy Debord (French Philosopher)