[One recent survey says,] people are tired of news, ... Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth. |
A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind. |
A nation can survive its fools, even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within....for the traitor appears not to be a traitor...he rots the soul of a nation...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. |
A room without books is like a body without a soul. |
As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age: first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death. |
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. |
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. |
I am really confident in the team this year. We have so much depth. Saying we will finish in the top 10 as a team might even be a little conservative. Individually, I've finished 15th, 16th, and 18th at Nationals; I would really like to break the top 10, |
I criticize by creation, not by finding fault. |
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place. |
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. |
It is a great thing to know our vices. |
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. |
It is hard for the good to suspect evil as it is hard for the bad to suspect good. |
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own, ... You can't clear your own fields while you're counting the rocks on your neighbor's farm. |