We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. Karl Popper on destiny
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Jeremy Bentham on law
If we learn for each success, and each failure, and improve ourselves through this process, then, at the end, we will havefulfilled our potential and performed well. Porsche on success
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. Jane Porter on virtue
Deploring change is the unchangeable habit of all Englishmen. Richard Postgate on change
People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. Ezra Pound on bore
Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality. John C. Powys on integrity
In ecology, as in economics, TANSTAAFL(There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) is intended to warn that every gain is won at some cost. Failure to recognize the 'no free lunch' law causes the buffalo hunter mentality syndrome the unthinking assumption that there will always be plenty because there always has been plenty. Dr. Robert W. Prehoda on change
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. George D. Prentice on health
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine. Matthew Prior on beauty
A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. Marcel Proust on change
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust on happiness
Love is space and time measured by the heart. Marcel Proust on heart
God is a reality of spirit...He cannot...be conceived as an object, not even as the very highest object. God is not to be found in the world of objects. Nicholas Berdyaev on religion
The woman cries before the wedding, the man after. Proverb on love
The most dangerous food is a wedding cake. Proverb on love
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. Arabian Proverb on hope
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Italian Proverb on world
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. Jewish Proverb on father