As long as Nazi violence was unleashed only, or mainly, against the Jews, the rest of the world looked on passively and even treaties and agreements were made with the patently criminal government of the Third Reich.... The doors of Palestine were closed to Jewish immigrants, and no country could be found that would admit those forsaken people. They were left to perish like their brothers and sisters in the occupied countries. We shall never forget the heroic efforts of the small countries, of the Scandinavian, the Dutch, the Swiss nations, and of individuals in the occupied part of Europe who did all in their power to protect Jewish lives. (Albert Einstein)
What use are cartridges in battle I always carry chocolate instead. (George Bernard Shaw)
The fact that I have no remedy for the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong possibility that yours is a fake. (Henry Louis Mencken)
The principles now planted in thy bosom will grow, and one day reach maturity and in that maturity thou wilt find thy heaven or thy hell. (David Thomas)
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)
I wouldn't bet the farm on it, but I'd bet the main house. I wouldn't even bet the outhouse on Mondale. (Richard Milhous Nixon)
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. (Milton Friedman)
AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences suicide. Or murder. (Susan Sontag)
There are no speed limits on the road to success. (David W. Johnson)
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization. (G. M. Trevelyan)
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp. (Marjorie Holmes)
Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. (Homer)
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation-and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. (Robert Francis Kennedy)
Dig where the gold isunless you just need some exercise. (John M. Capozzi)
All things good to know are difficult to learn. (Greek Proverb)
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about. (Charles Kingsley)
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne)
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. (Christina Baldwin)
Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest. (Sextus Propertius)
Beyond the formative effects of reading on the individuals composing society, the fact that they have read the same books gives them experiences and ideas in common. These constitute a kind of shorthand of ideas which helps make communication quicker and more efficient. That is what we mean when we say figuratively of another person, We speak the same language. (Charles Scribner, Jr.)