" Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. "

Marian Evans

" Autumn is the bite of the harvest apple. "

Christina Petrowsky

" I am Cuban, Argentine, Bolivian, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, etc… You understand. "

Che Guevara, when asked his nationality

" The author of genius does keep till his last breath the spontaneity, the ready sensitiveness, of a child, the “innocence of eye” that means so much to the painter, the ability to respond freshly and quickly to new scenes, and to old scenes as though they were new; to see traits and characteristics as though each were new-minted from the hand of God instead of sorting them quickly into dusty categories and pigeon-holing them without wonder or surprise; to feel situations so immediately and keenly that the word “trite” has hardly any meaning for him; and always to see “the correspondences between things” of which Aristotle spoke two thousand years ago. "

Dorothea Brande

" I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle – so all is peace. "

Edward Lear

" Make your bargain before beginning to plow. "

Arab Proverb

" It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn, and to arrange what we know. "

Hannah More

" I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. "

Stephen Leacock Canadian economist & humorist (1869 – 1944)

" Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing. "

Andre Malraux French author & resistance leader (1901 – 1976)

" It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. "

Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

" The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

" When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. "

John Ruskin English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 – 1900)

" Half the controversies in the world are verbal ones; and could they be brought to a plain issue they would be brought to a prompt termination. Parties engaged in them would then perceive either that in substance they agreed together, or that their difference was one of first principles. We need not dispute, we need not prove, we need but define. At all events, let us, if we can, do this first of all and then see who are left for us to dispute; what is left for us to prove. "

Cardinal John Newman

" The least of learning is done in the classrooms. "

Thomas Merton US religious author, clergyman, & Trappist monk (1915 – 1968)

" Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. "

Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 – 1784)

" Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will? "

Thomas a Kempis German mystic & religious author (1380 – 1471)

" This world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. "

Horace Walpole English author (1717 – 1797)

" And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents. "

Sir Arther Connan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes

" In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. "

Richard Osler

" All art is an imitation of nature. "

Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

" Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. "

Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

" No man ever listened himself out of a job. "

Calvin Coolidge 30th president of US (1872 – 1933)

" He who hesitates is a damned fool. "

Mae West US movie actress (1892 – 1980)

" The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. "

Ed Parker

" Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

" We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers. "

Joseph Chilton Pearce

" He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar. "

Chuang-tzu, The Great Supreme (369 BC – 286 BC)

" Religion is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions. "

Author Unknown

" A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror. "

Ken Keyes Jr., Handbook of Higher Consciousness

" It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. "

William Blake English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 – 1827)

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