The drowning man is not troubled by ra Persian Proverb on adversity
Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. Laurence J. Peter on ability
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. John Petit-Senn on courage
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct. Phaedrus on character
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. Phaedrus on want
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. Wendell Phillips on government
Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms. Wendell Phillips on knowledge
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. Robert Benchley on work
One must act in painting as in life, directly. Pablo Picasso on art
Of that Equilibrium between Authority and Individual Action which constitutes Free Government, be settling on immutable foundations Liberty with Obedience to Law, Equality with Subjection to Authority, and Fraternity with Subordination to the Wisest and the Best: and of that Equilibrium between the Active Energy of the Will of the Present, expressed by the Vote of the People, and the Passive Stability and Permanence of the Will of the Past, expressed in constitutions of government, written or unwritten, and in laws and customs, gray with age and sanctified by time, as precedents and authority. Albert Pike on authority
The double law of attraction and radiation or of sympathy and antipathy, of fixedness and movement, which is the principle of Creation, and the perpetual cause of life. Albert Pike on creation