Bonum Home Quotes & Sayings

Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass. — Muhammad Iqbal

The emotional scars of our mistakes will teach us far more than the joy of our successes — Steven Aitchison

The ideal capitalism envisioned by advocates of the free market depends upon social virtues and wise policies that it does not itself generate. — Timothy Snyder

No army can stop an idea whose time has come — Victor Hugo

All of her life she had been bullied, and it wasn't exactly easy. Especially as all she wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cry. Instead she did what she always did. She waited for them to get bored, and they would. The thing about bullies was they were only ever happy if the person they were hurting actually responded. — Sam Crescent

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great. — Samuel Smiles

I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up ... — Elizabeth Goudge