Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-08-26 Aug 26, 2004Too many Americans have twisted the sensible right to pursue happiness into the delusion that we are entitled to a guarantee of happiness. If we don't get exactly what we want, we assume someone must be violating our rights. We're no longer willing to write off some of life's disappointments to simple bad luck.~ Susan JacobyLiberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as the faculty of choosing, among the various modes of fulfilling duty, those most in harmony with our own tendencies.~ Giuseppe MazziniA man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.~ Mark Twain Aug 25, 2004The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.~ Edmund BurkeTo be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.~ Olin MillerA person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure.~ Proverb Aug 24, 2004An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.~ Albert CamusThe important thing is never to stop questioning.~ Albert EinsteinEvery really new idea looks crazy at first.~ Alfred North Whitehead Aug 23, 2004Man's character is his fate.~ HeraclitusGood people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.~ PlatoBeing tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.~ Viktor Frankl Aug 20, 2004These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.~ Thomas PaineShow me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.~ Phil OchsIn times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.~ George Orwell Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print