One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake. Robert Browning on boldness
How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy! Robert Browning on life
Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once. Robert Browning on music
God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. Giordano Bruno on religion
If at first you don't succeed you're running about average. M.H. Alderson on success
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan on destiny
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. William Jennings Bryan on freedom
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strength and athletic proportion. William Cullen Bryant on adversity
Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep. William Cullen Bryant on change
We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped. Lyman Lloyd Bryson on change
If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn’t it? Sydney Buchman on exploration
Everything changes, nothing remains without change. Buddha on change
There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being. Buddha on death
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha on envy
There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being. Buddha on failure
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze. Buddha on fame