John Witherspoon
It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of man. ~.~
Edith Wharton
Ah, good conversation — there’s nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. ~.~
Victor Hugo
A writer is a world trapped in a person. ~.~
George Orwell
During time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~.~
Winston Churchill
” The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.” “Americans will always do the right thing — once they’ve tried everything else.” “You will never reach your destination if you stop and…
Stephen Grellet
We shall pass this way on Earth but once, if there is any kindness we can show, or good act we can do, let us do it now, for we will never pass this way…
Kahlil Gibran
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ~.~ “A traveler I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.” ~.~ “Out of suffering have emerged the…
Jonathan Edwards
“Grace is but glory begun and glory is but grace perfected.” ~.~ “Seek not to grow in knowledge for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with other; but seek it for…
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.” ~.~
William James
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” ~.~ “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” ~.~ “Be…
William Faulkner
“(The writer) must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the verities and truths…
Pearl S. Buck
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.” “If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.”…
Jeremy Bentham
“Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure … they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make…
Antonio Machado
“Under all we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.” ~.~