“Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” Continue reading
Henri Matisse on Art
“A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I’ve been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.” Continue reading
Iris Murdoch on Nature
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” Continue reading
Marcus Aurelius on Anger
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” Continue reading
Fred Allen on Fame
“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.” Continue reading
Franklin Pierce Adams on Politics
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.” Continue reading
Emile Chartier on Ideas
“There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.” Continue reading
Helen Keller on Comfort
“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” Continue reading
Benjamin Franklin on Wisdom
“The doors of wisdom are never shut.” Continue reading
Thomas Merton on Education
“The least of learning is done in the classrooms.” Continue reading
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