Quote #31577
The tendency of an event to occur varies inversely with one’s preparation for it.
Quote #16113
Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Quote #14141
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a...
Quote #19452
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t...
Quote #2651
Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs...
Quote #28090
You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.
Quote #3393
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time...
Quote #689
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Quote #19435
Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what...
Quote #25297
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking...