A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine Category: Integrity
We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stouter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once. – Logan Pearsall Smith, “Age and Death,” Afterthoughts, 1931 Category: Integrity
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. – Chester W. Nimitz Category: Integrity
[See also] You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. – Malcolm S. Forbes, c.1972 Category: Integrity
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. – William Inge Category: Boredom
Im happy to report that The New Press is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern. – Lev Grossman Category: Business
