If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

Orison Swett Marden

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

Abraham Lincoln

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.

Honore de Balzac

After some time passed in studying - and even imitating - the works of others, I would recommend the student to endeavour to be original, and to remember that originality should not be undiscovered plagiarism.

H P (Henry Peach) Robinson, The

The difficulty in life is the choice.

George Moore

I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies.

Mo Rocca

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

Chief Joseph

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

Aaron Swartz

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

Scott Adams

In practice, a global approach is needed when dealing with the problems of the spaceship earth which affect all of mankind. But local solutions, inevitably conditioned by local interests, are required for the problems peculiar to each human settlement.

Ren, quoted in

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

Plato

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Aldous Huxley