Leo Tolstoy

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.

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Joseph Conrad, Nostromo (on the death of Decoud)

But the truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others.

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Richard Byrd

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.

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Dr. Joyce Brothers

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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Unknown

As I sit I see a dove And think of our deep, dear true love Think not about our future lives Except perhaps our growing size Keep all your thoughts alive, aglow, All will be well, no fear, I know

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Robert Frost

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

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John Burroughs

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

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Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

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Author Unknown

The shortest answer is the doing the thing.

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