Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence. Francis Jeffrey (1773 - 1850) Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent1. Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992), Salvor Hardin in Foundation The only thing thats be...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Arthur Golden, Memoirs1 of a Geisha We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. Th...

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices1 have very few virtues2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) It is a great thing to know our vices. Cic...

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of ones values. Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of mans values, it has to be earned....

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Am I An Atheist1 Or An Agnostic?, 1947 When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some thi...

Truth is generally the best vindication1 against slander2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864 There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth. Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950) Belie...

For somehow this is tyrannys disease, to trust no friends. Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Prometheus Bound I never trust peoples assertions, I always judge of them by their actions. Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764...

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan He plants trees to benefit another generation. Caecilius Statius (220 BC - 168 BC), Synephebi Train up a fig1 tree in the way it should...

He who would travel happily must travel light. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944) Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt When you travel, remembe...

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance1 in the entire population. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) In the modern world, self-control buys a g...