Clarke, James F. -- (Attributed)
Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making us so different. So will the best harmony come out of seeming discords, the best...
View ArticleLewis, C.S. -- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
“But do you really mean, sir,” said Peter, “that there could be other worlds — all over the place, just round the corner — like that?” “Nothing is more probable,” said the Professor, taking off his...
View ArticleDe Gaulle, Charles -- (Attributed)
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese? Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French statesman and soldier(Attributed) Quoted in Ernest Mignon, Les Mots du...
View ArticleYoshida, Kenko -- Essays in Idleness [Tsurezuregusa] (c. 1330)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . People often say that a set of books looks ugly if all volumes are not in the same format, but I was impressed to hear the Abbot Koyu say, “It...
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Shakespeare, William -- Antony and Cleopatra, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 271...
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety; other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist...
View ArticleDe Botton, Alain -- The Consolations of Philosophy, ch. 6 “Consolation for...
To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties,...
View ArticleBible, vol. 2, New Testament -- 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 [NIV (2011 ed.)]
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men....
View ArticleRichardson, James -- “Vectors: 56 Aphorisms and Ten-second Essays,” Michigan...
Despair says It’s all the same. Happiness knows there are even a thousand Despairs. James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet“Vectors: 56 Aphorisms and Ten-second Essays,” Michigan Quarterly Review, #...
View ArticleDescartes, René -- Discourse on Method [Discours de la méthode], Part 1...
It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding our own, and be prevented from thinking that everything contrary to...
View ArticleYevtushenko, Yevgeny -- “Yevtushenko: A Soviet Poet Turns to Movie Making,”...
I write poetry, prose, and everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it — beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What’s important is the...
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