Benona Quotes & Sayings

Pain anguish and suffering in human life are always in proportion to the strength with which a man is endowed. We will not pretend to say that Heaven always apportions to a man's capability of endurance the anguish with which he afflicts him ... Suffering is in proportion to the strength which has been accorded in other words the weak suffer more where the trial is the same than the strong. — Alexandre Dumas

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. — L. Ron Hubbard

The essence of life is doing things for their own sakes. — Bertrand Russell

We would be glad to have your friend come here to study, but tell him that we teach Chemistry here and not Agricultural Chemistry, nor any other special kind of chemistry ... We teach Chemistry. — Ira Remsen

At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime — Derek Mahon

You don't kill your ego. You overcome it by loving other people. And for that you need both ego and super-ego. — Robin Sacredfire

Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation. — Des Browne

Many is the mirage I chased. Always I was overreaching myself. The oftener I touched reality, the harder I bounced back to the world of illusion, which is the name for everyday life. — Henry Miller