Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason. – John Wesley
Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. – Oscar Wilde
There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain. – W. Somerset Maugham
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much. – Homer
I am convinced, the longer I live, that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed as when we are suffering greatly we are inclined to suppose. – Mary Todd Lincoln
The minute a phrase becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. – Thomas Fuller
If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin
Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr
Much unhappiness results from our inability to remember the nice things that happen to us. – W.N. Rieger
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell, Democracy and Other Addresses, 1887
The sunrise never failed us yet. – Celia Thaxter
Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart. – Bhagavad Gita
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. – Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke, 5 February 1675 (“Bernard of Chartres used
Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are going. – Author Unknown
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. – Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues
The self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted. – Donald Barthelme
