Quotes of Days Past

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July 31, 2021

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree.
Sleeping
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July 30, 2021

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Montesquieu

Judge, Philosopher

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
Achievement - Dependence - Knowledge - Success - Time
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July 29, 2021

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Francis Bacon

Philosopher

In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.
Enemy - Revenge - Transgression
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July 28, 2021

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Pope Francis

Head of the Catholic Church, Sovereign of the Vatican City State

Mary is more important than the apostles.
Apostle - Bible
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July 27, 2021

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Paul Dirac

Theoretical Physicist

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.
God - Mathematics
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July 26, 2021

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Aristotle

Philosopher

The quality of life is determined by its activities.
Activity - Existence - Life - Quality
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July 25, 2021

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Paul Dirac

Theoretical Physicist

A physical law must possess mathematical beauty.
Mathematics - Physics
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July 24, 2021

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

Inventors don't have time for married life.
Inventing - Marriage
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July 23, 2021

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Montesquieu

Judge, Philosopher

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.
Giving - God - Gods - Having
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July 22, 2021

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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone.
Failing - Illusion - Mistake - Perception - Sometimes
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July 21, 2021

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Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.
Reading
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July 20, 2021

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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

"All men are born equal and free" is not Nature's law in the literal sense.
Equality - Human - Nature
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July 19, 2021

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Margaret Thatcher

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.
Crowd - Jobs - Leadership - Loneliness
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July 18, 2021

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Francis Bacon

Philosopher

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Justice - Law - Man - Revenge
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July 17, 2021

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Natural Philosopher, Diplomat, Civil Servant

Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned.
Fear - Truth
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July 16, 2021

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nothing enters our minds or determines our actions which is not directly or indirectly a response to stimuli beating upon our sense organs from without.
Actions - Machine - Man - Mindset
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July 15, 2021

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Allen Ginsberg

Poet

A poem is like a radio that can broadcast continuously for thousands of years.
Poetry
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July 14, 2021

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John Milton

Poet, Civil Servant

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
Censorship - Reason
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July 13, 2021

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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
Help - Selfishness
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July 12, 2021

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Nikola Tesla

Inventor, Engineer, Futurist

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.
Future - Robots - Slavery
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