If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize1 it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for ac...

Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness1 - I wouldnt know. But I am sure it is the antithesis2 of self- consciousness. Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to st...

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. Anatole France (1844 - 1924) The only thing wrong with immortality2 is that it tends to go on forever. Herb Caen If all else fails, immo...

Imagination is more important than knowledge... Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Memory feeds imagination. Amy Tan (1952 - ) So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient1, happy idling, dawdling2 and puttering. Brenda Ueland Our...

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), retort to a heckler asking him to state his beliefs, Time, November 1, 1963 Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death o...

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) The vitality1 of thought is in adventure. Ideas wont keep. Something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947) I...

Im an idealist. I dont know where Im going, but Im on my way. Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), Incidentals (1907) Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. David T. Wolf (1943 - ) An idealist is one who, on noticing that a...

A peculiar1 virtue3 target=_blankvirtue2 in wildlife ethics4 is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove5 of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated6 by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlooke...

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you. A. Whitney Brown Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear ser...

He who speaks without modesty1 will find it difficult to make his words good. Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue3 target=_blankvirtue2. Confucius (551 BC...