God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
—John Lennon, 1970
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People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.
—Zhuangzi, c. 300 BCDisease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.
—James Baldwin, 1953All those who suffer in the world do so because of their desire for their own happiness.
—Shantideva, c. 750Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company.
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1754To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.
—Quintus Fabius Maximus, c. 203 BCA broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
—Wendell Berry, 1983A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
—George Herbert, 1640Don’t ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation.
—Colette, 1944