Posts tagged “philosophy”

A human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this should remain as it is, is a human being by definition only, having much more in common with the bedbug, the tapeworm, the cancer, and the scavengers of the deep sea.
James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.
Theodore Roosevelt

A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
Guy de Maupassant, (b) Aug. 5, 1850

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
Norma Jean Mortenson

There are books in which the footnotes or comments scrawled by some reader’s hand in the margin are more interesting than the text. The world is one of these books.
George Santayana

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
Rudyard Kipling

You eventually learn that true priorities are like arms; if you think you have more than a couple, you’re either lying or crazy.
Merlin Mann

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Gustave Flaubert

Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Gustave Flaubert