To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. Suzanne Necker on greatness
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. Jawaharial Nehru on art
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek then with our eyes open. Jawaharial Nehru on beauty
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. Jawaharial Nehru on life
But that's what being an artist is New Yorker on art
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. John Henry Newman on ability
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. John Henry Newman on evil
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. John Henry Newman on memory
When a man blames others for his failures, it's a good idea to credit others with his successes. Howard W. Newton on success
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. Isaac Newton on nature
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. Frederick Nietzsche on individuality
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do and crosswise to our purposes? For love to bridge these opposites through joy it must not eliminate or deny them.—Even self-love presupposes an irreconcilable duality (or multiplicity) in a single person. Frederick Nietzsche on understanding
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. Friedrich Nietzsche on addiction
Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses. Friedrich Nietzsche on advice
People demand freedom only when they have no power. Friedrich Nietzsche on freedom
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. Friedrich Nietzsche on giving
Along the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every vocation is chosen and entered upon as a means to a purpose but is ultimately continued as a final purpose in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent stupidity in which we indulge ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche on journey
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche on love
When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age? Friedrich Nietzsche on marriage
The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship. Friedrich Nietzsche on marriage