Commemorations The Politics Quotes & Sayings

Passion rules reason, for better or for worse
Wizard's Rule #3 — Terry Goodkind

One who understands the limits of the good life knows that what eliminates the pains brought on by need and what makes the whole of life perfect is easily obtained, so that there is no need for enterprises that entail the struggle for success.19 — Epicurus

Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another. — Pasquier Quesnel

Change hurts. It makes people insecure, confused, and angry. People want things to be the same as they've always been, because that makes life easier. But, if you're a leader, you can't let your people hang on to the past. — Richard Marcinko

In his heart he was highly delighted with his friend's suggestion, but he thought it a duty to conceal his feeling. He was not a nihilist for nothing! — Ivan Turgenev

Maegwin de Romily woke with a headache on the morning of her execution. As she roused from frightening dreams she became aware of smells first: damp stone, rotting straw, an undercurrent of urine. — Elizabeth Baxter

Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity. — John Taylor Gatto

The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. — Ayn Rand

There has to be more to life. Sure, bad stuff happens, but what about all the good stuff? — Tessa Emily Hall

It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes I walk into a situation where I'm intimidated and I want to be liked and I want to fit in, and I don't choose authenticity. And it's always pretty miserable. — Brene Brown

Burke argued that political parties were not, as many people insisted, factions each contending for its own particular advantage, but rather were bodies of men each united by a vision of the common good of the whole nation. Partisanship, he insisted, was not only unavoidable but also beneficial, as it helped to organize politics into camps defined by different priorities about what was best for the country. — Yuval Levin

For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. — T. S. Eliot