Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. 

~ Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963) 

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. 

~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) 

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. 

~ Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-1974) 

There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there. 

~ Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273) 

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
~ Lebanese proverb



There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. 

~ Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) 

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. 
~ Madame De Stael, writer (1766-1817) 

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. 

~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) 

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. 

~ Margaret Halsey, novelist (1910-1997) 

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

~ H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. 

~ Ernest Hemingway, author and journalist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961) 

When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. 

~ Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (b. 1928) 

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. 

~ Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963) 

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. 

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945) 

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. 

~ Susan Sontag, author and critic (1933-2004) 

The most certain test by which we can judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. 

~ Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian (1834-1902) 

Men are the devils of the earth and the animals are its tormented souls. 

~ Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860) 

Insanity is relative....

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

~ Ray Bradbury, writer (1920-2012)

The ring always believes....

The ring always believes that the finger lives for it.

~ Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)

We do not err because .....

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008)

To die for an idea...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true.

~ H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)