I think it would be a good ideaMahatma Ghandi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity
Irving Kristol
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one
Cato the Elder (234-149 BC)
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
The search for truth is more precious than its possession
Albert Einstein
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed
Blaise Pascal
Frigjøringen av mennesket består kun i dette: han underordner seg naturlovene fordi han han har erkjent dem for det de er, og ikke fordi de er blitt påtvunget ham av en ekstern vilje, gudommelig eller menneskelig, kollektiv eller individuell
Mikhail Bakunin
Lidelse er det eneste opphav til bevissthet
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them
Henry Bolingbroke
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance
Confucius
Viljen til å forberede er vikigere enn viljen til å vinne
Levell Edwards
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies
Leon Trotsky
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience
Denis Waitley
Ingenting viser en manns karakter bedre enn det han ler av
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life
Bertolt Brecht
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him
Buddha
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone
George Eliot
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. . . . The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives
Theodore Roosevelt
The end of labor is to gain leisure
Aristotle
The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream
Kemp
The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names
Chinese Proverb
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle
Michelangelo
It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary
Sir Winston Churchill
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting
Sun Tzu
Kjennskap om andre er kunnskap, kjennskap til seg selv er ekte visdom. Å herske over andre er styrke, og herske over seg selv er virkelig makt
Lao-Tzu
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road
Dag Hammarskjold
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character
Albert Einstein
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures
George Eliot
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Einstein
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you
Lao-Tzu
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest thing: The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war is worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself
John Stuart Mill
The thinking that we are has brought us to where we have already been. In order to go somewhere else, we must think in a different way
Albert Einstein
Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic
Oscar Wilde
No library is complete that contains the works of Jane Austen
Mark Twain
Reporter: A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words
Ambrose Bierce
Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out
Chekhov
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn
David Russell
To the atheist, death is the end; to the believer, the beginning; to the agnostic, the sound of silence
Dr. Laurence J. Peter
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear and punshiment and hope of reward after death
Albert Einstein
No man steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river, and he's not the same man
Heraklitt
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology
Thomas Jefferson
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so
John Stuart Mill
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
Friedrich Nietzsche
I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint -- no matter how distasteful to the majority
Richard M. Nixon
De konservative definerer ikke medlidenhet som det antall personer som mottar statlig støtte i en eller annen form, men det antall mennesker som ikke har behov for det
Jack Kemp
Men religion består i en ydmyk beundring for det uninnskrenkede overlegende sinn som åpenbarer segselv i de små detaljer som vi fornemmer med våre skrøplige og svake sinn
Albert Einstein
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements
Norman Douglas
