It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings. – Mahatma Gandhi Category: Men
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Category: Men
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. – Thomas Jefferson Category: Men
The twentieth century seems afflicted by a gigantic… power failure. Powerlessness and the sense of powerlessness may be the environmental disease of the age. – Russell Baker, New York Times, 1 May 1969 Category: Society
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and natures phenomena before it can again become great. – Edward Hopper Category: Nature
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. – Walter Bagehot Category: Family
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. – G.C. Lichtenberg Category: Thinking
