Any page by Paul Goodman will give you not only originality and brilliance but wisdom, that is, something to think about. He… — Hayden Carruth Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately in our world, ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge does. You see, it is those who know little, and not… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
“I cannot see myself nowhere, except to be living in the land of books. Somewhere on a distant island exists an intellegence… — Patricia H. Graham Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
“I know a wise Buddhist monk who, in a speech to his fellow countrymen, once said he'd love to know why someone… — Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich Copy Share Image
Be content with what you have Be satisfied with your dwelling place to accommodate your enterprise, Restrain your tongue, And shed tears… — Son of Masud Abdullah Copy Share Image
“First of all, I would like to thank the judge for that question, and I would like to thank this pageant for… — Carlos Malvar Copy Share Image
The whole Jeffersonian ideal was that people are temporarily in government. Government is not the basic reality. People are. The private sector.… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have… — S.J. Watson Copy Share Image
“Count,' said Morrel, 'you are the epitome of all human knowledge, and you seem like a being descended from a wiser and… — Alexander Dumas Copy Share Image
“It would be pleasant to believe that the age of pessimism is now coming to a close, and that its end is… — Dennis Gabor Copy Share Image
“Intrepid sailors and fishermen navigating these heavily trafficked waters have recounted tall tales and formulated popular wisdom that persists to the present… — Laura Brooks Copy Share Image
“Mistakes? Well, hell, we all make mistakes. And what’s more, we are expected to learn from them. It is part of our… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“The pessimists believe that the cosmos is a clock that is running down; the progressives believe it is a clock that they… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It's important for me to say something, and with wisdom if I can. I don't think there's anything wrong with just going… — Jeremy Enigk Copy Share Image
“Yet at least we can admire the wise Prearrangement which has ordained that, as they have no hopes, so they shall have… — Edwin A. Abbott Copy Share Image
When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is,… — Russell Targ Copy Share Image
It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“City wisdom became almost entirely centered on the problems of human relationships, in contrast to the wisdom of any natural tribal group,… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Do you think that civilization advances because of things written in books? Not a bit of what is written in books ever… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
The best thing is to go from nature's God dawn to nature; and if you once get to nature's God, and believe… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“What you must realize, what you must even come to praise, is the fact that there is no right way that is… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Just learn from the guys who have already done it well. You need a mentor, a… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
Legal business has, from the beginning of time, been profitable - to those who have conducted it; because it is concerned with… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond; And do a willful stillness entertain,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you won't give up.… — Savannah Smith Copy Share Image
When I was 28, my wisdom teeth were coming through and I had all four out under general anaesthetic. I remember friends… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
[The human mind] finds more facility in assenting to the self-existence of an invisible cause possessing infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, than… — James Madison Copy Share Image
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Every soul seeks happiness, Socrates believes, and there is a clearly defined path to achieving happiness, though many don’t choose to take… — Pearson Education Copy Share Image
“It is my understanding from an intuitive relationship with animals that it is complete folly to try to figure out what is… — Linda Bender Copy Share Image
It is no judgement of a thing outside yourself to say it makes you ill. The wise reader knows that every pronouncement… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“The core insight of modern liberalism is powerfully simple: we all benefit from a society that provides for the economic security and… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
“What has typically happened over the past two hundred years is the slow emergence of a concept as a gradual, evolutionary exercise… — Edward Shorter Copy Share Image
People should not judge failed love affairs as failed experiences, but as part of the growth process. Something does not have to… — Ethel Person Copy Share Image
“There are paths above the paths, the paths of the birds! There are paths above the paths of the birds, the paths… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is the mynd, that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happie, rich or poore: For some, that hath abundance… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns. Life asks of us the same thing we have been asked in… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image