WcP.Philosophy's quotes

"We come from the earth.
We return to the earth.
And in between we garden."
- Author Unknown

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Cicero

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal."

~ John F. Kennedy

I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.

A day is a journey.

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture."
- Thomas Paine

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
- Mark Twain

"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."
- Lord Acton

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
~ Benjamin Franklin

"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense."
~ Mark Twain

"One man with courage makes a majority."
~ Andrew Jackson

"I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honour worth no more to you than the price of my lantern?"
~ Epictetus

"Virtue is the fount whence honour springs."
~ Christopher Marlowe