Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. Thomas Carlyle on great
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. George Eliot on great
If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way. Ray Bradbury on great
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. Ansel Adams on great
And your very flesh shall be a great poem. Walt Whitman on great
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on great
Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on great
I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great. Ray Bradbury on great
The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me. Ray Bradbury on great
Great loves too must be endured. Coco Chanel on great
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Jean-Jacques Rousseau on great
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld on great
I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am. Thomas Carlyle on great
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. John Ruskin on great
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. Soren Kierkegaard on great
Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian. Emma Goldman on great
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on great
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on great