Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897 Category: Humankind
Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him. – William Ellery Channing, “Charge for the Ordination of Rev. Robert C. Waterston” Category: Humankind
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson Category: Humankind
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. – Abraham Maslow Category: Change
The difference between journalism and literature is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 Category: Literature
Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. – Ambrose Bierce Category: Justice
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. – Friedrich Nietzsche Category: Knowledge
