Quote: What lies within

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us - Emerson

Quote: The unfamiliar

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)

Quote: Warmth

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. -Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)

Quote: Libraries and bicycles

Hear hear!
"My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library." -Peter Golkin, museum spokesman (1966- )

Quote: Art is experience

"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."Leo Tolstoy

Quote: Kindness and wisdom

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. -Theodore Rubin, psychiatrist and writer (1923- )

Quote: Problems and humor

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. -Frank A. Clark, writer (1911- )

Quote: Morality and theology

Whenever morality is based on theology, whenever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established. -Ludwig Feuerbach, philosopher (1804-1872)

Quote: Talent

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation. - Konstantin Stanislavsky

Quote: Kind vs. True

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. -Robert Brault, software developer, writer (1938- )

Quote: Writer vs. Author

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. -Colette, writer (1873-1954)

Quote: Reading as excercise

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. -Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1672-1719)