There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man. 

~ Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. 

~ Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE)

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

~ George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950) 

We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

~ Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931)

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. 
~ Heraclitus, philosopher (500 BCE) 

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

~  Mark Twain

If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product. 

~ Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. 1969)

What new move could you step into that would lift you into the realm of extraordinary – remarkable - world-class?

~ Robin Sharma

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

~  Mark Twain

Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb? 
~ Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (1883-1931) 

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. 

~ John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704) 

When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, "Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful."

~ Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (1883-1931) 

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

~ Alice Miller, psychologist and author (1923-2010)

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold. 

~ Zelda Fitzgerald, novelist (1900-1948) 

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

~ Paul Fussell, historian, author, and professor (b. 1924)

It is impossible to live pleasurably without living prudently, honorably, and justly; or to live prudently, honorably, and justly, without living pleasurably.

~ Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE)

We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us. 

~ Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), rhetorician (c. 35-100) 

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. 
~ Linus Pauling, chemist, peace activist, author, educator; Nobel Prize in chemistry, Nobel Peace Prize (1901-1994)