The power of Thought, the magic of the Mind! Lord Byron on thoughts
The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; In fact, he had no singing education, An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow. Lord Byron on voice
O gold! I still prefer thee unto paper which makes bank credit like a bank of vapour. Lord Byron on wealth
People marry through a variety of other reasons, and with varying results; but to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy. James Branch Cabell on marriage
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do. Vittorio Alfieri on silence
When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Joseph Campbell on marriage
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell on marriage
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell on relationships
Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. Campbell. Thomas on beauty
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Albert Camus on beauty
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus on destiny
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. Albert Camus on experience
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus on fate
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them. Albert Camus on happiness
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus on intelligence
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. Benjamin N. Cardozo on prophet
Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes. Thomas Carlyle on age
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. Thomas Carlyle on fun
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. Thomas Carlyle on hope