There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one. Hui-Neng on truth
Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small that it scarcely admits of calculation. David Hume on avarice
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions. David Hume on success
There ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexibl eof passions. David Hume on success
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law. Hubert Humphrey on family
Affection, like melancholy, magnifiestrifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscop Leigh Hunt on affection
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. Aldous Huxley on change
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. Aldous Huxley on children
I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. Aldous Huxley on happiness
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. Aldous Huxley on ideals
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the nonintellectuals have never stirred. Aldous Huxley on journey
The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator. Aldous Huxley on travel
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. Thomas H. Huxley on business
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? Thomas H. Huxley on knowledge
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas H. Huxley on science
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. Thomas H. Huxley on universe
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. Dolores Ibarruri on courage
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Badge on change
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. Robert G. Ingersoll on epithets
Happiness is not a reward-it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. Robert G. Ingersoll on happiness