Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order. – Ezra Taft Benson Category: Integrity
There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Integrity
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. – Maya Angelou Category: Integrity
How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. – Karl Kraus Category: War
My father, when he went, made my childhood a gift of a half a century. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Fathers
One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be arrested, every knock at the door is an alarm. – Sydney Smith, letter to Robert Wilmot-Horton, 1836 February 8th Category: Age