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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as read more
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's read more
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with read more
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a read more
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".
Dignity belongs to the conquered.
Dignity belongs to the conquered.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for read more
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.