Philospohy Quotes & Sayings

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. — Samuel Johnson

What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it! — Carroll Bryant

Don't force things to happen. — Lisa Loeb

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. — Lao-Tzu

I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again. — Ken Salazar

O The irony of man, he thinks he's past generation did not repeat the same way of thinking, either intelligently or foolishly. — A Gentleman

people don't generally believe themselves to be evil. Just strong. And they think that the world owes them something — Mary Elizabeth Summer

Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot. — E.A. Bucchianeri

As regards this country, in which protection has always to some extent existed, it is the best customer that England ever had, and our demands upon her grow most steadily and regularly under protection. — Henry Charles Carey

If I've impacted on one heart, one mind, one soul, and brought to that individual a greater truth than that individual came into a relationship with me having, then I would say that I have been successful. — Harry Belafonte

The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand ... And the power in hand is the vote. — Helen Gahagan Douglas

- "I once knew a girl who loved tigers so much she almost became one herself." Because I am little, and my love of tigers comes directly from him, I believe he is talking about me, offering me a fairy tale in which I can imagine myself - and will, for years and years. — Tea Obreht

Everyone has their secrets, and there are shadows following us all. — Chrystal Vaughan

Oh Papa. I always felt like I had a hold on things when there was Papa to turn to. — Nancy E. Turner