Quote #9023
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of...
Quote #33294
Some natural skepticism as to the purity of all human motives came and sat...
Quote #33180
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires I have lost friends,...
Quote #33002
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
Quote #28802
If you play it safe in life you’ve decided that you don’t want to...
Quote #15390
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Quote #6373
Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you...
Quote #27425
Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.
Quote #7523
There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience...
Quote #31868
It was no Insurrection or Rebellion, or even Civil War in any proper sense...