Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.
~ Confucius
Monthly Archives: January 2009
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.
~ Lao Zi
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A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.
~ Gertrude Stein
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I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
~ Gertrude Stein
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Well, between Scotch and nothin’, I suppose I’d take Scotch. It’s the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.
~ William Faulkner
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Ending with a digression, or with an unimportant detail, is particularly to be avoided.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe.
~ Lewis Mumford
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