The evil that we know is best. (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. (Oscar Wilde)
The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason. (Hal Borland)
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. (Aesop)
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. (George Gordon Byron)
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. (George Jean Nathan)
Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives. (Norman Vincent Peale)
In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat. (Robert Byrne)
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. (Buddha)
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (Kurt Herbert Alder)
A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him. (John C. Maxwell)
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. (George Santayana)
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang. (Colley Cibber)
Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not. (Sir Isaiah Berlin)
Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable of serving quite other purposes. By instilling nonsense it unifies populations and generates collective enthusiasm. (Bertrand Russell)
What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid-gold baby Maybe we'll never know. (Jack Handey Deep Thoughts)
Oh too convincing - dangerously dear - In woman's eye the unanswerable tear (Lord Byron)
My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred. (Albert Einstein)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep. (Robert Frost)
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. (Flora Whittemore)