A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere. – Rebecca West
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. – John Berger
Sleep is good, death is better but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. – Heinrich Heine
Reading – the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. – William Styron
I did my best, and God did the rest. – Hattie McDaniel
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. – Bruno Bettelheim
Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow – after you have done your best to achieve success today. – Maxwell Maltz
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. – Josh Billings
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. – William Osler
Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters. – Harry Callahan
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The bold adventurer succeeds the best. – Ovid
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. – Arthur Ashe
The best of us must sometimes eat our words. – J. K. Rowling
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had. – J. K. Rowling
I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself. – Lenny Kravitz
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. – James Joyce
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. – Linus Pauling
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. – Evelyn Underhill
You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work and you have so much beautiful work to do. The world needs it, and you must give it! – Marie Corelli
