It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. – La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, 1665 Category: Prosperity
Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. – Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings, 1950 Category: Prosperity
What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. – Friedrich Holderlin Category: Prosperity
I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse proportion to the amount of labor-saving machinery it employs. – E.F. Schumacher Category: Prosperity
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one – they show one another off to the best advantage. – William Hazlitt Category: best
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light every eye, looking on, finds its own. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Category: Nature
I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President. – Nelson Mandela Category: Life
