Famous quotes by Authors

"What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders"

Lao Tzu, Author

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step"

Lao Tzu, Author

"You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"If you have a vision, do something with it"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"People do not lack strength; they lack will"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"Habit is the nursery of errors"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"The flesh is the surface of the unknown"

Victor Hugo, Author

Victor Hugo

"Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?"

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

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