Famous quotes by Authors

"The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already"

Edward Abbey, Author

"That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding"

Edward Abbey, Author

"We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance"

Aesop, Author

"Self-conceit may lead to self destruction"

Aesop, Author

"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth"

Aesop, Author

"The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit"

Aesop, Author

"At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training"

Charles Eastman, Author

"Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity"

Charles Eastman, Author

"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning"

Charles Eastman, Author

"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature"

Charles Eastman, Author

"The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind"

Charles Eastman, Author

"The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war"

Charles Eastman, Author

"Friendship is held to be the severest test of character"

Charles Eastman, Author

"The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character"

Charles Eastman, Author

"Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers"

Charles Eastman, Author

"He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's"

Charles Eastman, Author

"Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life"

Charles Eastman, Author

"Very likely education does not make very much difference"

Gertrude Stein, Author

"He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure"

James Lane Allen, Author

"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results"

James Lane Allen, Author

"The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become"

James Lane Allen, Author

"We do not attract what we want, but what we are"

James Lane Allen, Author

"Whether you be man or woman, you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind, next to honor"

James Lane Allen, Author

"Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him"

James Lane Allen, Author

"To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment"

James Lane Allen, Author

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way"

Christopher Morley, Author

"The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets"

Christopher Morley, Author

"A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull"

Gertrude Stein, Author

"There is always room at the top - after the investigation"

Oliver Herford, Author

"Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember"

Oliver Herford, Author

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