Self Educationn Quotes & Sayings

Those 4 guys in the late 60's who attacked a jewel merchant on New York's West 46th St. on the sidewalk, so they could steal his jewel-filled station wagon, which they abandoned 2 blocks later because none of them could drive a stick shift. Where would I be without such people? — Donald E. Westlake

All human thought, all science, all religion, is the holding of a candle to the night of the universe. — Clark Ashton Smith

At ninety-nine they began to call him well-preserved; but unchanged would have been nearer the mark. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how? — R. Buckminster Fuller

Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We must passionately learn, unlearn and relearn. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In Him there is no room for non-existence or imperfection — Mulla Sadra

As beautiful as Halle is on the outside, she's 10 times more beautiful on the inside. — Halle Berry

I see life as one life at one time, so many millions simultaneously, all over the earth. — William, Saroyan

Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said. — Tina Fey

She was right that reality can be harsh and that you shut your eyes to it only at your peril because if you do not face up to the enemy in all his dark power, then the enemy will come up from behind some dark day and destoy you while you are facing the other way. — Frederick Buechner

I waste so much time sleeping. And time is of all losses the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed. — Alison Weir