Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.
Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.
Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.
Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.
Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.
I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.