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I did not omit, however, always to hold in esteem those exercises which are the occupation of the Schools. . . . I was aware that the reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of the past centuries who were the authors of them, . . . in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts. Rene Descartes, Discourse On Method, 1637
I have been collecting the wisdom of these people since my early years in college (1976). Hope you find ones you like. The areas that I am especially interested in are epistemology (theory of knowledge), science, ethics and politics.
When possible, credits are always given to the authors.
(Please click on the headings below)
[Maroon text represents my favorite quotes.]
To myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. Sir Isaac Newton
I always had an excessive desire to learn to distinguish the true from the false, in order to see clearly in my actions and to walk with confidence in this life. Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method, 1637
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. . . .suddenly, I awaked. . . . Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Chuang Tzu (Between 399 and 295 B.C.[?])
We see things not as they are, but as we are. H. M. Tomlinson
An unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates, 399 B.C.
I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith. Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 1781
We are all swimming in a sea of which we have never seen the shore. Woe be to those who fight while they swim! Land who can; but he who cries out to me, "you swim in vain, there is no land" - he disheartens me, and deprives me of all my strength. - What is the object of our dispute? To console our unhappy existence. Who consoles it - You or I? Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Philosophical Dictionary, 1765
The only thing new in the world is history you don't know.
What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. Thomas Hewitt Key, epigram in Punch, 1855
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. Francis Bacon
Nature, by an absolute and uncontrollable necessity has determin'd us to judge as well as to breathe and feel. . . . Who ever has taken the pains to refuse the cavils of this total scepticism, has really disputed without an antagonist, and endeavour'd by arguments to establish a faculty, which nature has antecedently implanted in the mind, and render'd unavoidable. David Hume, Treatise On Human Nature
I have been through enough torments from lack of clarity and from doubt that wavers back and forth. . . . Only one need absorbs me: I must win clarity, else I cannot live; I cannot bear life unless I can believe that I shall achieve it. Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), Personal Diary, 1906
Concepts without percepts are empty. Percepts without concepts are blind. Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 1781
Thoughts without content are empty, perceptions without conception are blind. . . . Understanding can perceive nothing, the senses can think nothing. Knowledge arise only from their united action. Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 1781
A painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason is like a mirror which copies all the things placed in front of it without being concious of their existence. Leonado da Vinci, The Notebooks, 1340
Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whither he is going. Leonado da Vinci, The Notebooks, 1340
Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows that naive realism is false. Therefore, naive realism, if true, is false; therefore it is false. Bertrand Russell, Inquiry into Meaning and Truth
If I ask myself how much I really know, I cannot answer that question until I know what counts as knowledge. David Pears, What is Knowledge, 1971
The truths which are ultimately accepted as the first principles of a science are really the last results of metaphysical analysis practiced on the elementary notions with which the science is conversant; and their relation to the science is not that of foundations to an edifice, but of roots to a tree, which may perform their office equally well though they be never dug down to and exposed to light. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, 1861
There is a new question to every answer.
I am sensible, that nothing can be more unphilosophical than to be positive or dogmatical on any subject; and that, even if excessive scepticism could be maintained, it would not be more destructive to all just reasoning and inquiry. I am convinced that, where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have there given reins to passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense, which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities. David Hume An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, 1777
If the past is any guide, the future will be vastly different from anything we can predict. Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, 1996
One cannot compromise on what one believes to be true. Martin Luther
Suppose the ill-fated occurrence of an atomic holocaust had come to pass on earth, and after the debris had cleared the only two remaining objects to be seen were an ultraprimitive man and a watch, still going, which he had picked up in the desert. Since the man might be presumed to be in a state of almost complete ignorance, all realization of the purpose of the watch had now been obliterated from the earth. . . .That this structure would present the primitive man with a puzzle if he were to try accurately to describe it, to say nothing of explaining its origin, seems evident. We, too, are like watches - lost in the desert of time. And similarly, we are at a loss to understand either our origin or our essential nature. Floyd H. Allport, 1967
Common sense is, as a matter of fact, nothing more than layers of preconceived notions stored in our memories and emotions for the most part before age eighteen. Albert Einstein
If I have seen further, it is because I have stood on the shoulder of giants. Sir Isaac Newton
On principle it is quite wrong to try founding a theory on observable magnitudes alone. In reality the very opposite happens. It is the theory which decides what we can observe. Albert Einstein
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat which is not there. Charles Darwin
Mathematics is the subject in which we do not know what we are talking about nor whether what we say is true. Bertrand Russell
Something are very hard to predict, especially the future. Neil Bohr
I wanted certainty in the kind of way in which people want religious faith. I thought that certainty is more likely to be found in mathematics than elsewhere and after some twenty years of very arduous toil, I came to the conclusion that there was nothing more that I could do. . . . Bertrand Russell
In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that the experimental results are not reliable or that the discrepancies which are asserted to exist between the experimental results and the theory are only apparent and that they will disappear with the advance of our understanding. Sir Karl Popper, Logic of Scientific Discovery, 1959
Facts do not destroy theory. Other theories do.
Acquisition of a paradigm and of the more esoteric type of research it permits is a sign of maturity in the development of any given scientific field. . . . To be accepted as a paradigm, a theory must seem better than its competitors, but it need not, and in fact never does, explain all the facts with which it can be confronted. Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962
Science is what we know, philosophy what we don't know.
The origin of science is in the desire to know causes; and the origin of all false science and imposture is. . . . in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance. William Hazlitt
I have had my solutions for a long time, but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them. C. F. Gauss
All scientific activity amounts to the invention of and the choice among systems of hypotheses. Nelson Goodman, The Test of Simplicity, 1958
A logic text is a book that contains two parts; in the first (on deduction) the fallacies are explained, and in the second (on induction) they are committed. Morris R. Cohen
By logic, it is proved. By intuition, it is discovered.
There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies, and statistics. Disraeli
We can compare statistics to bikinis. What they reveal is interesting. What they conceal is fascinating.
Annual reports are a lot like old-time stripper. They act like they're showing you everything. But there's still a lot hidden. Forbes Magazine, March 23, 1987, page 102
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. Dick Brandon
. . . . the theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculation. . . . La Place
New theory and old must overlap and agree in the region where the difference between their assumptions does not matter. Paul G. Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, January 1971
We are to admit no more causes of things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. To this purpose the Philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes. Sir Isaac Newton
LO BUENO, SI BREVE, DOS VECES BUENO. (Good and brief is twice as good.) Baltasar Gracian
Hypotheses non fingo. Sir Isaac Newton
SIMPLEX SIGILLUM VERI (Simplicity is the seal of truth.)
Practice must always be founded on sound theory.
In any science, a theory is a set of conventions, created by the theorist, as a way of representing reality. Hall & Lindzey, 1970
When the horse dies, get off. [Do not waste your time on failed ideas.]
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, 1971
You can jail a revolutionary, but you cannot jail a revolution.
I use not only all the brain I have, but all I can borrow.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy
The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is, to change it. Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach, 1845 [Also engraved on Marx's tombstone]
In the land of the blinds, the man with one eye is king.
Any man who is not a socialist before he is 40 has no heart. Any man who is a socialist after he is 40 has no head. Winston Churchill(?)
I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical. Thomas Jefferson
The frontier is where Jews live, not where there is a line on the map. Golda Meir (Quoted in Newsweek, December 26, 1988)
That government is best which governs least. Thomas Jefferson
My right to swing my arm ends where your nose begins. A Greek philosopher(?)
The end of knowledge is power. . . . Thomas Hobbs, De Corpore
Government of and for the people should be by the people. Abraham Lincoln
Every increment of intelligence means wiser government, but the crowd prefers to be ill governed by people it can understand. C. A. Gibb, 1969
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Benjamin Disraeli
There goes my people. I must find out where so I can lead them.
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it. Confucius (Kung Fu-Tzu), 551-479 B.C.
Wisdom is to know men; virtue is to love men. Confucius (Kung Fu-Tzu), 551-479 B.C.
If a man does not constantly ask himself, "What is the right thing to do?" I really don't know what is to be done about him. Confucius (Kung Fu-Tzu), 551-479 B.C.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in the minority of one. Thomas Carlyle
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy
God helps those who helps themselves. The government helps those who don't.
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman; a fool who stands firm is a catastrophe. Adlai Stevenson
The world is governed more by appearances than by realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. Daniel Webster
I do not always look for the moon; I am a freedom fighter who has to deal with facts and realities. Yasir Arafat, PLO Leader, 1978
When a positive gain of a culture begins to fail, then restlessness comes until a new satisfaction is found. Erich Fromm
National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway. Tim May
If the Soviet Union did not exist, we [the U.S.] would have invented it anyway [in order to use it as an excuse]. Edward Greenberg Political Science Department, University of Colorado at Boulder
What do you gain by being clever? You neglect your own affairs; and all your fellow citizens hate you. Those who are fools will call you ignorant and useless, when you offer them unfamiliar knowledge. As for those thought intelligent, if people rank you above them, that is a thing they will not understand. Euripedes, Medea, 431 B.C. (Medea said to Creon)
Political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. George Orwell
You don't have to explain what you don't say. Larry Speak [Former Press Secretary]
America's leadership must be guided by the lights of learning and reason - or else those who confuse rhetoric with reality and the plautible with the possible will gain the popular ascendancy with their seeming swift and simple solutions to every world problem. John F. Kennedy
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. Groucho Marx
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is either to have a clear conscience or none at all. Ogden Nash, An American Poet
Nothing's either good or bad but thinking makes it so. Ian Hacking calls this "Hamlet's Maxim" in Language, Truth and Logic
All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction which thou canst not see; All Discord, Harmony not understood; All partial Evil, universal Good; All spight of Pride, in erring Reason's spight, One truth is clear; "Whatever is, is Right". Alexander Pope, Essay On Man
Those who have denied the reality of moral distinctions, may be ranked among the disingeneous disputants; nor is it conceivable, that any human creature could ever seriously believe, that all characters and actions were alike entitled to the affection and regard of everyone. David Hume An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, 1751
Thus philosophy is a radical science in the sense that it gets closer to the roots of the matter than the other sciences, and what it wants to question and investigate further at that point where he others are satisfied. . . . if society allows itself the luxury of having a few philosophers, although these philosophers don't help to produce airplanes or atom bombs, perhaps it really does make good sense. For philosophy, and philosophy alone, can warn of the madness which, due to false thinking, often threatens us under the supposed authority of science. In one of its most important functions, philosophy is nothing more than the defense of true thinking against fantasy and nonsense. J. M. Bochenski, 1958
You say one must philosophize. Then you must philosophize. You say one should not philosophize. Then to prove your contention you must philosophize. In any case you must philosophize. Aristotle, Protreptikos
To abandon philosophy altogether is itself a philosophical decision. Nicholas A. Horvath, Philosophy, 1974
But the questions a philosopher asks are no less important than the answers he finds for them. Every great philosopher leaves his mark on the subsequent development of thought, not only by his theories, but by the way he formulates his problems. W. T. Jones, A History of Western Philosophy, 1975
But man is compelled to philosophize whether he wants to or not. . . .In spite of the immense difficulties which it involves, philosophizing is one of the most wonderful and noble things in human life. J. M. Bochenski, 1958
Only philosophers disagree, but men have always been unanimous. Schiller [Poet]
But philosophical problems are not settled simply by our taking care that they should not arise. A. J. Ayer, The Problem of Knowledge, 1956
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Morals, 1751
Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts. C. S. Peirce
. . . .it will surely always be useful to have some people around who rather nastily demand, "What exactly do you mean by that?" W. T. Jones, A History of Western Philosophy, 1975
"Total scepticism," in a word, is impossible. Nature, by an absolute and uncontrollable necessity has determined us to judge as well as to breathe and feel. Nature will always maintain her rights, and prevail in the end over any abstract reasoning whatsoever. David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Morals, 1751
The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thoughts. . . .The result of philosophy is not a number of "philosophical proposition" but to make propositions clear. Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 4.112; 1921
Outside logic, everything is accidental. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1921
Philosophy, properly understood, is not a kind of discourse, it is an activity - the activity of displaying the limits of what can be said. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1921
But if we want to understand language we must see that language functions in many different ways, depending on the "game" of which it is a part. Accordingly, we should look to the use, not the meaning. . . .The cure for such philosophical disquietude is to put language back into use. . . . Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, 1958
Philosophers have been bewitched by language; "Philosophical Investigation" was intended as a kind of therapy to exorcise the psychological demons that bewitchment with language had generated. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, 1958
To search for "unity" and "system", at the expense of truth, is not, I take it, the proper business of philosophy, however universally it may have been the practice of philosophers. G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica, 1929
Aristotle held that the philosophy of science is required to provide a general characterization of the principles and procedures that the sciences have in common and also to enumerate their methodological peculiarities. . . .In either case, the goal of the philosopher is to say how the game is played. Jerry A. Fodor, 1968
Nothing would be easier than to work out a philosophy that solved these problems by shouting "Nonsense!" at them. But the persistent questions have a way of returning to plague these who ignore them. W. T. Jones, A History of Western Philosophy, 1975
Hylas said to Philonous, "Look you, Philonous, you may, if you please, make a jest of my opinion, but that will not alter the truth of things." George Berkeley (1685-1753) 1st Dialogue Between Hylas and Philonous, 1713
History is philosophy teaching by example. Lord Bolingbroke
This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin. . . . Socrates speaks to Theaetetus, Theaetetus (155d)
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill
The business of America is business. Calvin Coolidge
In the long run, we will all be dead. John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
I make my money by supplying a public demand. If I break the law, my customers. . . . are as guilty, as I am. The only difference between us is that I sell and they buy. Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a business man. Al Capone
Speculating is an inevitable part of the business of buying securities. But then speculating is an inevitable part of just living. Louis Engel, How to Buy Stock, 1980
When is unemployment too high? "It depends on whether you are employed or not," answered Franklin D. Roosevelt.
A recession is when your neighbor is out of work. A depression is when you're out of work. Harry S. Truman
A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, A depression is when you lose yours, A recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his. Ronald Reagan (During his Presidential Campaign, 1979?)
In investing money, the amount of interest you want should depend on whether you want to eat well or sleep well. J. Kenfield Morley, Some Things I Believe
We do not inherit the land from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.
Annual reports are a lot like old-time stripper. They act like they're showing you everything. But there's still a lot hidden. Forbes Magazine, March 23, 1987, page 102
There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies, and statistics. Disraeli
We can compare statistics to bikinis. What they reveal is interesting. What they conceal is fascinating.
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. Dick Brandon
The development of a new product is a three step process: first, an American firm announces an invention; second, the Russians claim they made the same discovery twenty years ago; third, the Japanese start exporting it.
If you pay peanuts, you will get monkeys.
A student of business with tact, Absorbed many answers he lacked. But acquiring a job, He said with a sob, "How does one fit answer to fact?" Charles I Gragg, Because Wisdom Can't Be Told
Traders make tops, investors make bottoms.
Buy on rumor. Sell on fact.
CAVEAT EMPTOR Let the buyer beware.
All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. Dr. Charlie W. Shedd
You cannot really be happy unless you stop trying to be happy.
To be nobody - but - yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. E. E. Cummings
Life is a journey, not a destination.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. Mahatama Gandhi
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continuously fearing you will make one.
If your only tool is a hammer, you will treat everything as a nail.
Man is born free, but one of the first things he learns is to do as he is told, and he spends the rest of his life doing that. Dr. Eric Berne
True greatness, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
A cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon such again. . . .but then neither will he sit on a cold stove lit either. Mark Twain
Nature does not have to insist, Can blow for only half a morning, Rain for only half a day, And what are these winds and these rains but natural? If nature does not have to insist, Why should man? Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching #23, 604 B.C.(?)
Leave all things to take their natural course, and do not interfere. Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching #63, 604 B.C.(?)
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching #33, 604 B.C.(?)
The search for knowledge itself was vain, for it led only to a perversion of the simplicity in which men are meant to live. Lao Tzu, 604 B.C.(?)
God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; And the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr
It often shows a fine command of language to say nothing.
Let me adrift in a sea of hope I'll set my sail to a new horizon.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato
You see things as they are: and you ask "Why?" But I dream things that never were: and I ask "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw
You are not yet able to serve men; how can you serve spirits?. . . . You do not yet understand life; how can you understand death? Confucius (Kung Fu-Tzu), 551-479 B.C.
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. Will Rogers
"I burn my candle at both ends, It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends It gives a lovely light -" Edna St. Vincent Millay
In the race to be better or best, miss not the joy of being. Edward A. Gloeggler
You have two ears and one mouth. So use your ears twice as much as your mouth. Donald A. Laird
Focus on what you do best. Let others do the rest.
I use not only all the brain I have, but all I can borrow.
The greatest unexplored area is under your hat.
A friend is a present you give yourself.
Don't walk in front of me - I may not follow. Don't walk behind me - I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend. Camus
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.
The greatness kindness we can offer each other is the truth.
Be true to your word, your work, and your friend. Thoreaw
Home is not where you live but where they understand you.
Never build a wall until you know what you're walling in - and what you're walling out. John Powell
To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me. John Powell
To find the beautiful, we have to carry it with us.
Man is at his best when stimulated by the hope of reward, the fear of failure and the light of a star.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only saps today of its strength. A. J. Cronin
Without honesty, there is no truth; Without truth, there is no love; Without love, there is nothing.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
For me, there exits no greater pleasure than to exercise my art and to display it . Ludwig van Beethoven
Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Carl Sandburg
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes
The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me. W. H. Auden
To live alone, one must be either a beast or a god. Aristotle
The crazy person says, "I am Abraham Lincoln," and the neurotic says, "I wish I were Abraham Lincoln," and the healthy person says, "I am I, and you are you." Frederick Perls, Gestalt Therapy Verbatim, 1969
People can be divided into three groups: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. John W. Newbern
The reward of things well done is to have done it.
You can lead a horse to knowledge, but you can't make him think.
Consciousness does not determine life, but life determines consciousness. Karl Marx, The German Ideology, 1846
Happiness is only a part of love, this is what to be learned. Suffering belongs to love also. This is the mystery of love, its beauty and its burden. Love is a feeling to be learned. Walter Trobisch
Temptation is woman's weapon and man's excuse. H. L. Mencken
A bell is not a bell until you ring it. A song is not a song until you sing it. Love isn't put in the heart to stay, for love isn't love until you give it away.
When I'm not near the one I love, I love the one I'm near. From Finian's Rainbow
It was a wise man who said that it is important not only to pick the right mate but to be the right mate. Donald Culross Peattie
When I was a young man, I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well I found her. But alas, she was waiting for the ideal man. Robert Schuman
God made the stars and rested. God made the earth and rested. God made man and rested. Then God made woman. . . . and since neither God nor man has rested.
When I say I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. William Makepeace Thackeray
A man is incomplete until he's married. And then he's finished Zsa Zsa Gabor (Actress)
You've got to love me for what I am For simply being me Don't love me for what you intend or hope that I will be And if you're only using me to feed your fantasy You're not really in love So let me go, I must be free. John Bettis & Palma Pascale, Love Me For What I Am
The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
Love doesn't dominate, it cultivate. Goethe
Our lives are shaped by those who love us - by those who refuse to love us. John Powell
Learning to love and to be love is an important part of growing up. Duvall
Love may be blind, but it seems to be able to find its way around in the dark. Ozzie St. George
A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. Abraham Lincoln
Most forms of loving are reciprocal: the parties involved validate their relationship with feelings that are essentially similar. G. Marian Kinget, On Being Human, 1975
The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who are creative, inventive and discoverers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered. Jean Piaget
Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education toward the ability to decide. Viktor Frankl
May God, if there is one, save my soul, if I have one. Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Micromegas
God is a comedian playing to an audience to afraid to lauh. Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
Nothing is quite so annoying as to have someone go right on talking when you are interrupting.
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.
. . . . That's the trouble with the truth, it's usually too true. Beetle Bailey Cartoon
Life is short, arts is long.
The name of the man differs in different countries, but his form is never changed but by death. Leonado da Vinci, The Notebooks, 1340
Romeo once asked Juliet, "What is in a name?" "A rose by any name would smell as sweet," he went on to say. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Romeo and Juliet
If you do not understand my silence, you will not understand my words.
Don't get mad, get even! John Belushi as "Bluto" in the movie "Animal House", 1978
. . . . computer experience is directly proportional to the amount of data ruined. Chris De Voney, 1968
Every compromise is false. . . . One's decision must be uncompromising. J. M. Bochenski, 1958
Never ask anyone what he does, follow him around and see what he does. Albert Eistein
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love is as deep; the more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Adults, just like children, need time to reach right the ideas. . . .This is the great mystery of development, which is irreducible to an accumulation of isolated learning acquisitions. Jean Piaget
If I expose nakedness as a person to you, do not make me feel shame. John Powell
Only dogs should quarrel - they are more forgiving than people. Fred Allen
To do so no more is the truest repentance. Martin Luther
You cannot teach man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself. Galileo
I do not say it is good; I do not say it is bad; I say it the way it is. Talleyrand
Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction. Aristotle
My enemy's enemy is my friend. Aronson & Cope (1968)
There is nothing in this world so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
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achieved the entire course of study at the close of which one is usually
received into the ranks of the learned, . . . I found myself embarrassed with so
many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself
had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance. . . . And
this made me [conclude] that there was no learning in the world such as I was
formerly let to believe it to be. . . .
