Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 06, 1882) A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules… There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
Tao Writer On The Crushing Weight Of GoodBye
Tao Writer (April 17, 1948 -) She told him what had kept her away was Death. But he rejected that excuse—for Death, he said, can never come between lovers. — Naguib Mahdouz (December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) I never thought the last time we said, “Good bye,” would be the last time. If I …
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov On Wealth
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29, 1860 – July 15, 1904) Yes, it is nice now in the country, not only nice but positively amazing. It’s real spring, the trees are coming out, it is hot. The nightingales are singing, and the frogs are croaking in all sorts of tones. I haven’t a halfpenny, but the …
Bertrand Russell On Fear, Religion, And God
Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) Fear is the basis of religious dogma, as of so much else in human life. Fear of human beings, individually or collectively, dominates much of our social life, but it is fear of nature that gives rise to religion. The antithesis of mind and matter is ... more …
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Alfred Lord Tennyson On Flower In The Crannied Wall
Alfred Lord Tennyson (August 06, 1809 – October 06, 1892) Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower—but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man …
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Milton Glaser On Thinking
Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929 -) My adventure has all been in my mind. The great adventure has been thinking. I love to think about things. I think that the lack of drama in my life has produced a platform for me to be fundamentally adventurous in my thinking.
James Baldwin On Segregation
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) The question is really a kind of apathy and ignorance, which is the price we pay for segregation. That’s what segregation means. You don’t know what’s happening on the other side of the wall, because you don’t want to know.
