The instinct to command others, in its primitive essence, is a carnivorous, altogether bestial and savage instinct. Under the influence of the mental development of man, it takes on a somewhat more ideal form and becomes somewhat ennobled, presenting itself as the instrument of reason and the devoted servant of that abstraction, or political fiction, which is called the public good. But in its essence it remains just as baneful, and it becomes even more so when, with the application of science, it extends its scope and intensifies the power of its action. If there is a devil in history, it is this power principle. (Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin)
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective. (Dwight D Eisenhower)
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. (Kahlil Gibran)
When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one. (Mark Twain)
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. (Scott Adams)
It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. (Arnold Bennett)
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. (Harriet)
The best mirror is an old friend. (George Herbert)
To stay in places and to leave, to trust, to distrust, to no longer believe and believe again, . . . to watch the snow come, to watch it go, to hear rain on a tent, to know where I can find what I want. (Ernest Hemingway)
Grow old along with me The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made Our times are in his hand who saith, A whole I planned, Youth shows but half trust God See all, nor be afraid (Robert Browning)
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen depart, be lost, but climb. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. (Robert Albert Bloch)
I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict. (Child Age 15)
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. (Mother Jones)
It is better to understand little than to understand a lot. (Anatole France)
Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything. (Blaise Pascal)
Life is a lying dream, he only wake Who casts the World aside. (Seami Motokiyo)
The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity. (G Gaia)
The only gift is a portion of thyself. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living. (Doug Larson)