There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of … Continue reading
Category: Quotations
The Thing About Moderation … (Thomas Paine)
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. — Thomas Paine
All in the Details (William Morris)
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. — William Morris
Laughter is Courage (Linda Ellerbee)
I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. — Linda Ellerbee
The “Appeal” of Illusions (Freud)
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. … Continue reading
Let Fact and Dreams Meet (Victor Hugo)
Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. — Victor Hugo
Can’t Agree (Robin Williams)
I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you. — Robin Williams
Life Doesn’t Simply “Happen” (da Vinci)
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. — Leonardo da Vinci
Refusal to See (Rand)
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see. — Ayn Rand
Smile
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. — Dr. Seuss
Know Thyself (Aristotle)
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ― Aristotle
The Human Animal (Ayn Rand)
Man’s unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. — Ayn Rand