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...

I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope. Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool. Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), The Rebel (1951) Until th...

Be not ashamed of thy virtues1; honors a good brooch to wear in a mans hat at all times. Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637) The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked...