I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), speech in Washington D.C., 1865 Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need...

The only joy in the world is to begin. Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950) This is the best kind of voyeurism1, hearing joy from your neighbors. Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, October 14, 2003 Give not over thy soul to sorrow; a...

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963) To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely1 to...

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered1. Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon Our envy of others devours2 us most of all. Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - ) Such is the inconsistency of real...

I dont think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography1, 1977 The best way to predic...

When I took office, only high energy physicists1 had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page. Bill Clinton (1946 - ), announcement of Next Generation Internet initiative, 1996 It shouldnt be too m...

Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence. Albert Edward Wiggam Great spirits have always found violent opposition1 from...

Though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence1, though oppressed by injustice2, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune! Ann R...

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...