Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind,
left free, instinctively complicates life.
?Katherine F. Gerould
-Instinct
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses
its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so
does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.
?Leonardo da Vinci
-Inaction
Nothing in all the world is more
dangerous than sincere ignorance
and conscientious stupidity.
?Martin Luther King, Jr
-Ignorance
It is difficult to say who do you the most
harm: enemies with the worst intentions
or friends with the best.
?Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
-Intentions
A lover without discretion
is no lover at all
?Thomas Hardy
-Indiscretion
Imagination was given to man
to compensate him for what
he is not; a sense of humor
to console him for what he is.
?Francis Bacon
-Imagination
One does not kill oneself for love of a
woman, but because love -- any love --
reveals us in our nakedness, our misery,
our vulnerability, our nothingness.
?Cesare Pavese
-Infatuation
Anger and intolerance are the twin
enemies of correct understanding.
?Mahatma Gandhi
-Intolerance
Millions long for immortality who do not know what
to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
?Susan Ertz
-Immortality
A mind conscious of innocence
laughs at the lies of rumor.
?Latin Proverb
-Innocence
Be fond of the man who jests at his
scars, if you like; but never believe he
is being on the level with you.
?Pamela Hansford Johnson
-Jest
If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation
without representation was bad, he
should see how it is with representation.
?Rush Limbaugh
-Taxes
Joy is the feeling of grinning
on the inside.
?Dr. Melba Colgrove
-Joy
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement.
?Jim Horning
-Judgement
The person who knows "how"
will always have a job.
The person who knows "why"
will always be his boss.
?Diane Ravitch
-Jobs
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love
under the pretence of keeping it alive.
?Havelock Ellis
-Jealousy
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin
to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy
the meal, but the tiger always eats last.
?Maureen Dowd
-Journalism
Guard well within yourself that treasure,
kindness. Know how to give without
hesitation, how to lose without regret,
how to acquire without meanness.
?George Sand
-Kindness
A man is never astonished that he doesn't
know what another does, but he
is surprised at the gross ignorance of
the other in not knowing what he does.
?Haliburton
-Knowledge
I believe in compulsory cannibalism.
If people were forced to eat what they
killed, there would be no more wars.
?Abbie Hoffman
-Killing
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.
?Source Unknown
-Lies
The greatest test of courage on earth
is to bear defeat without losing heart.
?Robert G. Ingersoll
-Losing
Nothing shows a man's character
more than what he laughs at.
?Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
-Laughter
To many, total abstinence is easier
than perfect moderation.
?St. Augustine
-Moderation
Today we are afraid of simple words like
goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't
believe in the good old words because we
don't believe in good old values anymore.
And that's why the world is sick.
?Lin Yutang
-Mercy
Marriage should be a duet -
when one sings, the other claps.
?Joe Murray
-Marriage
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with
one-seventh of its bulk above water.
?Sigmund Freud
-Mind
