Immature poets imitate: mature poets steal.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

Open the book and read it to renew your mind.

I would rather have 10, 000 stories than 10, 000 in my bank account @myhumancompass Roy ('Backpack') Baron author of Looking Glass Shattered.

I am the only real truth I know.

It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.

Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history.

A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.

What evil does first in the world, maybe, is distract us from our pursuit of goodness.

No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.

An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.

If all pleasure is relief from tension, junk affords relief from the whole life process, in disconnecting the hypothalamus, which is the center of psychic energy and libido.