Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.
—Philip Guedalla
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
—Michel de Montaigne
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
—Voltaire
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
—John Irving
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
—Rose Kennedy
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
—Robert M. Pirsig
The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
—William Wordsworth
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
—Walter Scott
From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.
—Guru Nanak
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
—Albert Einstein
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.
—Pierre Bonnard
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
—Samuel Johnson
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.
—Peter O'Toole
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
—Plato