Thebian Quotes & Sayings

The religion of one seems madness unto another. — Thomas Browne

Later she will learn
about edges. Or better, find
by luck or a longer journey
the shadow of that liquid
gold place, which can be
so single and clear for her
only now, when it means danger
only to me. — Margaret Atwood

I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes. — John Malkovich

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person. — Diane Von Furstenberg

Today is all we have, my dears. Today is all we ever have. — Carrie Anne Noble

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground. — Thomas Jefferson

It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. — John Gunther

I own an e-reader, but I use it almost exclusively to read things that aren't books - student theses, unbound galleys. — Elizabeth McCracken

Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother. — Robert Byrd

A country where a man is afraid to criticise another one is no socialist country. — Enver Hoxha

Everything in the world is information. The information you choose to acknowledge and the information you choose to ignore is up to you. You can let outside factors beyond your control throw off your focus. You can let aching muscles hold you back. You can let silence make you feel uncomfortable. By choosing to focus only on the information that is necessary, you can tune out every distraction, and achieve far more. — Ronda Rousey

Like modern science, Buddhism holds the basic premise that, at the most fundamental level, there is no qualitative difference between the material basis of the body of a sentient being, such as a human, and that of, say, a piece of rock. — Dalai Lama XIV

The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run. — Emily Yoffe

* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach. — Pindar

Once a man recognizes himself as a being surrounded by other beings in this world and begins to respect his life and take it to the highest value, he becomes a thinking being. Then he values other lives and experiences them as part of his own life. With that, his goal is to help everyone take their life to the highest value; anything which limits or destroys a life is evil. That is morality. That is how men are related to the world around them. — Albert Schweitzer