Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. Heraclitus Seriousness
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Carl Sagan Religion Thinking
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. Honore de Balzac
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. Buddha
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. Hesiod
I feel the centipede in me - cayman, carp, eagle, and fox. I am moved by strange sympathies; I say continually, "I will be a naturalist". Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am already given to the power that rules my fate. And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend. I have no thoughts, so I will see. I fear nothing, so I will remember myself. Carlos Castaneda Power Thinking
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. Jules Verne Breathing
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence. Voltaire God
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted. Juvenal
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. Leo Tolstoy
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. Theodore Roosevelt
Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life. Stefan Zweig
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. Emily Bronte
I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate. John Steinbeck
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. Mark Twain Truth
I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life. Neale Donald Walsch
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. Otto von Bismarck
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams Present
If thought makes free, so does the moral sentiment. The mixtures of spiritual chemistry refuse to be analyzed. Ralph Waldo Emerson Spirituality Morality
Working hard is very important. You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take those risks, to be able to jump over the hurdles, to be able to break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. George Lucas
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. Thomas Jefferson
A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy. Jean Racine
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Thomas Jefferson
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. Anton Chekhov
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. Hermann Hesse Thinking Words
I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives. Steven Spielberg
