But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will. – Matthew Arnold Category: Memory
With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims, “Inspiration” Category: Memory
The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. – Thalassa Cruso, To Everything There is a Season, 1973 Category: Memory
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. – Chinese Proverb Category: Conscience
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. – Peter Drucker Category: power
Like good wine, marriage gets better with age — once you learn to keep a cork in it. – Gene Perret Category: Marriage