The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is or has been is but the twilight of the dawn. —H. G. Wells More about this quote Tags: potential future past Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.' —John Steinbeck More about this quote Tags: commonality loneliness stories Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. —John Steinbeck in The Winter of Our Discontent More about this quote Tags: commonality people knowledge relationship assumptions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No one wants advice, only corroboration. —John Steinbeck in The Winter of Our Discontent More about this quote Tags: advice corroboration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: words writing meaning accuracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: humor fashion clothes clothing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. —Abba Eban More about this quote Tags: history wisdom exhaustion cynicism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only way to abolish war is to make peace heroic. —James Hinton More about this quote Tags: war peace heroism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace. —Joseph Conrad in Under Western Eyes More about this quote Tags: humanity peace people universality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: peace rebellion equanimity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: forgiveness annoyance enemies Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can never be overdressed or overeducated. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: education fashion style dandyism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: life memory diary Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. —James Joyce More about this quote Tags: learning mistakes discovery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Today is today, yesterday is yesterday, the future is the time that is left. —Karl Lagerfeld More about this quote Tags: presence time future Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email