O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause transform ourselves into beasts!

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Johann von Goethe

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

LaoTzu

What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.

Jean Genet

Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others. . . .If, however, we do not use our anger to define ourselves clearly in every important relationship we are in--and manage our feelings as they arise--no one else will assume this responsibility for us.

Harriet Goldhor Lerner, The Danc

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.

Greta Garbo

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

Nick Cave

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.

John F. Kerry

Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going

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A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

John Heywood

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Hugh Blair

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.

William Golding

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you

Socrates