On Forgiveness
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Ghandi
On Silence
It is better either to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. — Pythagoras
On Beauty
I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas? — Jean Kerr
On Prejudice
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices — just recognize them. — Edward R. Murrow
On Death
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. — Leonardo da Vinci
On Gratefulness
A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharg’d. — John Milton
Nature Deplores a Vacuum, but …
A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. — Tennessee Williams
On Government
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. — William H. Borah
Failure Is Valuable
Don’t be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. — […]