All Quotes
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The trouble in corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), then travel the same road every day to another box (their office).Faith Popcorn, The Popcorn Report, 1991
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.Abigail Adams, letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.Emma Goldman, Living My Life, 1931
The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.May Sarton, Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, 1965
Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.Anne-Sophie Swetchine, The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.Malcolm X
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?Confucius, The Confucian Analects, bk. 11:11
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.Maurice Maeterlinck, Wisdom and Destiny, 1898
We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.Publilius Syrus