2017-08-02 00:58
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca Filed under: Seneca Tagged: being poor, greedy man, letters from a Stoic… Read More
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2017-08-02 00:36
Hold every hour in your grasp. Lay hold of today`s task, and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow`s. While we are postponing, life speeds by.
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca &hell…Read More
2017-08-01 17:54
What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily ? For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the… Read More
2017-08-01 17:19
I will look upon death or upon a comedy with the same expression of countenance: I will submit to labors, however great they may be, supporting the strength of my body by that of my mind: I… Read More
2017-08-01 13:26
Philosophers do not carry into effect all that they teach.
On the happy life by Seneca Filed under: Seneca Tagged: on the happy life, philosopher, philosophical teaching, philosophy, qu… Read More
2017-07-31 15:40
The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever they may be, is satisfied and on friendly terms with the c… Read More
2017-07-31 13:28
True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in moulding our conduct according to her laws and model.
On the happy life by Seneca Filed under: Seneca Tagged: knowledge, on the… Read More
2017-07-29 01:57
Matters do not stand so well with mankind that the majority should prefer the better course: the more people do a thing the worse it is likely to be. Let us therefore inquire, not what is mo… Read More
2017-07-27 23:04
It is harmful to follow the march of those who go before us, and since everyone had rather believe another than form his own opinion, we never pass a deliberate judgment upon life, but some… Read More
2017-07-12 13:05
As long as we wander at random, not following any guide except the shouts and discordant clamours of those who invite us to proceed in different directions, our short life will be wasted in… Read More
2017-06-28 19:49
All men, brother Gallio, wish to live happily, but are dull at perceiving exactly what it is that makes life happy: and so far is it from being easy to attain the happiness that the more eag… Read More
2017-05-30 16:49
It is an unconquerable strength of mind, knowing the world well, gentle in its dealings, showing great courtesy and consideration for those with whom it is brought into contact.
On the happy… Read More
2017-05-30 06:56
The highest good is a mind which despises the accidents of fortune, and takes pleasure in virtue.
On the Happy Life by SenecaFiled under: Seneca Tagged: fortune, good minds, highest good, on… Read More
2017-05-30 06:44
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. There may be black ingratitude in the thing, and the punishment may be retributive and well deserved; but that it is a miserable thing… Read More
2017-05-25 01:40
Secrets were what you kept in your head. Let them out and you might never know who would find them.
The spy in question by Tim Sebastian Filed under: John Grisham Tagged: hiding s… Read More
2017-05-24 22:17
Intelligence was nothing more than reading the right things. Finding and interpreting, straining ad squeezing till you have it all in the pot. Then sifting piece by piece, picking the truth… Read More
2017-05-24 21:25
Nothing is forever – not even failure.
The spy in question by Tim Sebastian Filed under: Tim Sebastian Tagged: eternal, failure, loss, spy in question, temporary, Tim Sebastian Read More
2017-05-24 21:08
When you are born you cry and everyone else laughs. Try to live so that when you die you laugh and everyone else cries.
The spy in question by Tim SebastianFiled under: Tim Sebastian Tagged:… Read More
2017-05-24 19:11
The law`s greatest responsibility is to protect the weakest members of our society. Rich people can usually take care of themselves.
The Appeal by John Grisham Filed under: John Grisham… Read More
2017-05-24 17:31
Why shouldn`t two mature and consenting gay adults who are in love and want all the responsibilities and obligations and commitments and duties of matrimony be allowed the same privileges an… Read More
2017-05-24 17:14
The law knows no greater burden than protecting the legal rights of those society has decided to execute.
The Appeal by John Grisham Filed under: John Grisham Tagged: burden to law, con… Read More
2017-05-24 17:05
Only men of clear moral vision should judge the problems of others.
The Appeal by John Grisham Filed under: John Grisham Tagged: John Grisham, judgement, judging others, men with… Read More
2017-05-24 03:51
Politics was a dirty business where the winners were not always the cleanest guys in town. One had to be a bit of a thug to survive.
The Appeal by John Grisham Filed under: John Grisham… Read More
2017-05-23 19:44
It is folly to consider that spending on bloated, parasitic entitlement programs occurs within a vacuum, for each expenditure will put a drain on other worthy causes, such as our defense for… Read More
2017-05-23 15:51
When it comes to commitment, you are either fully engaged or not, for there is no gray area. Half measures will avail us nothing.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster R. HillFiled under: Lancaster R… Read More
2017-05-09 17:10
When the cause is right and just, victory is inevitable.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster R. Hill Filed under: Lancaster R. Hill Tagged: 100 neighbors, cause quote, fighting for cause, justic… Read More
2017-05-02 19:12
Benefits for those deemed less fortunate are organic. They spawn a feast of greed and corruption. Civil War pensions, for example, seemed a moral right, until they sprung a cottage industry… Read More
2017-05-02 18:38
Where blood has been shed for liberty and the freedom to improve one`s lot, the wound from which it spilled will heal in time.
Climbing the Mountain by Lancaster R. HillFiled under: Lancaste… Read More
2017-04-28 17:58
Scientists always believe that the next experiment is going to do it.
Resistant by Michael Palmer Filed under: Michael Palmer Tagged: Michael Palmer, Resistant, science quote, scientifi… Read More
2017-04-14 17:00
To extinguish the fires of American prosperity, we need only to suffocate them under a blanket of government programs.
A Secret worth keeping by Lancaster R. HillFiled under: Lancaster R. Hi… Read More
2017-04-12 20:52
When a person of great intelligence is chained to a computer and the Internet, there is no limit to the world available to him.
Resistant by Michael Palmer Filed under: Michael Palmer T… Read More
2017-04-12 19:56
To follow our government blindly is to walk blind with no cane just waiting to hit something.
Lecture at Princeton University, November 12, 1938 – Lancaster R. Hill Filed under: L… Read More
2017-04-12 19:48
Entitlements are like a house of mirrors: the more mirrors there are the harder it becomes to find a way out.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster R. Hill Filed under: Lancaster R. Hill Tagged: 1… Read More
2017-04-12 19:11
In the years to come, citizens will wonder with dismay why a fertile America has turned fallow, when they themselves have sucked all the nutrients from the soil.
Memoirs by Lancaster R… Read More
2017-03-16 01:51
It is not our nature to suffer, and most of those who are offered government handouts in place of effort will take them.
Climb the Mountain by Lancaster R. Hill Filed under: Lancaster R… Read More
2017-03-15 19:17
That which is attained without conflict or strife is rarely worth attainment at all.
Personal communication to Robin Broady, 1942 – Lancaster R. Hill Filed under: Lancaster R. Hil… Read More
2017-03-15 16:03
Great change is brought about not by desire, but by perseverance. Where once there lay an empty parcel of land, you see now a city, built brick by brick by the steady hands representative of… Read More
2016-12-28 17:56
The only entitlement guaranteed should be the fruits of one`s own labor.
A Secret worth keeping by Lancaster R. Hill
quote about laborFiled under: Lancaster R. Hill Tagged: hard work, labor… Read More
2016-06-30 06:12
As for man, the biological laws make no exceptions for intelligence and his fate is the same as all lesser creatures. Death.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster R. Hill
Filed under: Lanca… Read More
2016-02-23 02:28
To place economic security in the hands of the government is quite literally a return to our medieval ancestry where feudal lords took responsibility for the economic survival of the serfs w… Read More
2016-02-15 21:14
It is the obligation of the family, not the government, to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster R. Hill
quote about obligation of famil… Read More
2016-02-06 09:32
What one should expect from unemployment benefits is added unemployment and nothing more.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster R. Hill
Quote about unemployment
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2016-02-06 09:07
It takes discipline to confront the most horrible truths.
A Secret Worth Keeping by Lancaster R. Hill
Quote about confronting truth Filed under: Lancaster R. Hill Tagged: confront… Read More
2015-11-19 08:39
As for man, the biological laws make no exception for intelligence or wealth. The laws of God only demand that we do what we can in what time we have, to make the world a place where lazines… Read More
2015-10-24 08:17
One man can dream, a handful can plan, thousands can strike, but just a hundred, properly placed and effectively utilized, can reshape the world.
100 Neighbors by Lancaster Hill … Read More
2015-10-24 07:48
Liberty is worth more than every pearl in the ocean, every ounce of gold ever mined. It is as precious to man as air, as necessary to survival as a beating heart.
A secret worth keepin… Read More
2015-10-24 07:15
Illnesses can be devastating, not just for those suffering them.
State Street by Richard Whittingham Filed under: Richard Whittingham Tagged: Chicago state street, detective novel… Read More
2015-10-16 18:07
Ye stronger and arrogant intellects, we ask you but for one thing: do not throw another burden on our shoulders, but take some of our burden upon yours, since you, forsooth, are the stronger… Read More
2015-10-12 18:02
Passionate people little think of what others may think; their frame of mind raises them above vanity.
The dawn of day by Friedrich Nietzsche
Quote about passionate peopleFiled under:… Read More
2015-10-10 17:54
As soon as somebody poses as judge, although he be no connoisseur, we ought forthwith to remonstrate, be he man or woman. Enthusiasm or delight in a thing or a human being are no arguments… Read More
2015-10-10 08:09
Make it a rule never to withhold or conceal anything from yourself, anything that you might think against your own thoughts. It is the foremost requirement of honest reflection. Every day yo… Read More
2015-10-10 07:51
We must be honest towards ourselves and thoroughly acquainted with our inmost hearts, so as to be able to practice upon others that humane dissimulation which is called love and kindness.
Th… Read More
2015-10-05 18:42
We do not look upon animals as upon moral beings. But do you for a moment suppose that animals consider us to be moral beings ? An animal, which could speak, has said: ” Humanity is a… Read More
2015-09-25 18:18
A very unusual and unsettled weather makes men suspicious, even of one another; at the same time they grow fond of innovations, having to part with their old habits. Wherefore despots fancy… Read More
2015-09-19 18:24
He who reviews his day`s and life`s work when he is weary and worn out, generally arrives at a melancholy conclusion: this, however, is not the fault of day and life, but of weariness. In th… Read More
2015-09-19 07:40
The friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy, we would prefer to have for an enemy.
The dawn of day by Friedrich Nietzsche
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2015-09-18 18:13
The good-natured have acquired their character from the constant dread of foreign encroachments in which their ancestors lived;- who were in the habit of mitigating, appeasing, apologizing… Read More
2015-09-18 17:57
The general knowledge of mankind has been more effectively promoted by fear than by love; for fear tries to find out who the other is, what he knows, what he wants: it would be hazardous and… Read More
2015-09-18 17:22
Men lie unspeakably often, but they do not trouble to think of it, and generally do not believe it.
The dawn of day by Friedrich Nietzsche
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2015-06-25 01:14
“What I have said once, that I will do,” – this mode of thinking is considered to show strength of character. How many actions are accomplished, not because they have been… Read More
2015-06-25 00:02
The surest way of corrupting a young man is to teach him to esteem the like-minded more highly than the different-minded.
The dawn of day by Friedrich Nietzsche
corrupting young mindsF… Read More
2015-06-20 17:12
It is one of the most difficult tasks of the great art of serving, to serve an excessively ambitious man who, though being in every respect intensely selfish, is thoroughly averse to being c… Read More
2015-06-18 20:27
One superfluous grain of gratitude and piety makes one suffer as from a vice, and incur an evil conscience, despite all one`s independence and honesty.
The dawn of day by Friedrich Nietzsche… Read More
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