Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name. – Rainer Maria Rilke Category: Miscellaneous
The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are of the essence of our universe and alone hold it together. – Havelock Ellis Category: Miscellaneous
Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr Category: Miscellaneous
In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial. – Richard Armour Category: Triviality, Pettiness
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. – Michel de Montaigne Category: communication
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins. – Karl Barth Category: Forgiveness
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude. – William Wordsworth Category: Business
