In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him. —Edgar Watson Howe More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. —W. Somerset Maugham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. —Colin Powell More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world. —Margaret Mead More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. —Paul Goodman More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great. —John L. Motley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it? —Henry Miller More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer. —Colette More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable. —Jessamyn West More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure. —Kanye West More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need. Aim it right and you can blow a kneecap off the world. —Warren Ellis More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell. —Marita Bonner More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown. —Oprah Winfrey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email