Trepalium Quotes & Sayings

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them ... Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses. — Jill Abramson

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach. — Elizabeth Gilbert

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

History is part of our birthright. We must claim it back and make it transform our lives — Ambeth R. Ocampo

When it comes to brains, size matters. It's not all that matters, of course. Whales and dolphins have brains that are larger than humans', but few of the flippered and fluked set win tenure at Stanford. Our brains are the largest in proportion to body size, and they're also highly sophisticated. — Seth Shostak

After all, the word "travel" comes from the Latin "trepalium." Which, loosely translated, means "instrument of torture. — Alice Steinbach

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large. — Martin Van Buren