Annie: Equaity delayed is justice denied. (Annie: ) Categories: EQUALITY, JUSTICE

Abbey, Edward: A drink a day keeps the shrink away. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989) Categories: HEALTH

Abbey, Edward: Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989) Categories: TRUTH

Abbey, Edward: Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on the top. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989) Categories: ACTIVISM

Abbey, Edward: Taxation is how the sheep are shorn. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989) Categories: TAXATION

Abbey, Edward: The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989) Categories: CIVIL RIGHTS, PATRIOTISM

Abbey, Edward: The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other—instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. (Edward Abbey: U.S. naturalist, author, and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, 1927-1989) Categories: GOVERNMENT, WAR

Abbott, Edwin: Men are divided in opinion as to the facts. And even granting the facts, they explain them in different ways. (Edwin Abbott: English schoolmaster and theologian, 1838-1926) Categories: FACTS, OPINIONS

Abley, Mark: Modern English is the Wal-Mart of languages: convenient, huge, hard to avoid, superficially friendly, and devouring all rivals in its eagerness to expand. (Mark Abley: Canadian journalist, Born 1955) Categories: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abrahamson, Grant A.: If you can’t be early, be on time. (Grant A. Abrahamson: U.S. public service administrator, 1929-2013) Categories: PROMPTNESS

Achebe, Chinua: It has always seemed to me that the test of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013) Categories: COMPROMISE, INTEGRITY

Achebe, Chinua: One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013) Categories: COMPROMISE, INTEGRITY

Achebe, Chinua: The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013) Categories: PROTEST, RESISTANCE

Achebe, Chinua: The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013) Categories: OPEN-MINDEDNESS, TRAVEL

Achebe, Chinua: Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. (Chinua Achebe: Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, 1930-2013) Categories: HISTORIANS, HUNTERS

Acheson, Dean: Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. (Dean Acheson: U.S. statesman and Secretary of State who helped design the Marshall Plan and was a key player in the development of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1893-1971) Categories: GREAT BRITAIN

Acheson, Dean: The U.S. assumes Canada to be bestowed as a right and accepts this bounty, as it does air, without thought or appreciation. (Dean Acheson: U.S. statesman and Secretary of State who helped design the Marshall Plan and was a key player in the development of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1893-1971) Categories: CANADA

Ackerman, Diane: I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. (Diane Ackerman: U.S. poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world, Born 1948) Categories: AGING, LIFESPAN

Adams, Abigail: Don’t forget the ladies! (Abigail Adams: U.S. wife and advisor of U.S. President, John Adams, known to have coached him on women’s issues while he was working on the ‘Declaration of Independence’, 1744-1818) Categories: WOMEN

Adams, Abigail: I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of the females of my own country. (Abigail Adams: U.S. wife and advisor of U.S. President, John Adams, known to have coached him on women’s issues while he was working on the ‘Declaration of Independence’, 1744-1818) Categories: WOMEN

Adams, Abigail: If we mean to have heroes, statesmen, and philosophers, we should have learned women. (Abigail Adams: U.S. wife and advisor of U.S. President, John Adams, known to have coached him on women’s issues while he was working on the ‘Declaration of Independence’, 1744-1818) Categories: WOMEN

Adams, Ansel: It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. (Ansel Adams: U.S. landscape photographer and environmentalist, who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the U.S. Presidential Award of Freedom, 1902-1984) Categories: ENVIRONMENT

Adams, Ansel: The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance. (Ansel Adams: U.S. landscape photographer and environmentalist, who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the U.S. Presidential Award of Freedom, 1902-1984) Categories: PHOTOGRAPHY

Adams, Ansel: There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. (Ansel Adams: U.S. landscape photographer and environmentalist, who received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the U.S. Presidential Award of Freedom, 1902-1984) Categories: COHERENCE, CONCEPTS, INTER-RELATEDNESS

Adams, Douglas: I love deadlnes. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. (Douglas Adams: U.S. English author, screenwriter, essayist, humorist, and dramatist, 1952-2001) Categories: DEADLINES

Adams, Franklin P.: Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. (Franklin P. Adams: U.S. writer, famed for his wit and best known for his columns and as a radio panelist, 1881-1960) Categories: ELECTIONS, VOTING

Adams, Franklin P.: The true republic: Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. (Franklin P. Adams: U.S. writer, famed for his wit and best known for his columns and as a radio panelist, 1881-1960) Categories: WOMEN

Adams, Franklin P.: You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. (Franklin P. Adams: U.S. writer, famed for his wit and best known for his columns and as a radio panelist, 1881-1960) Categories: PARENTHOOD, PATIENCE

Adams, George M.: There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone . . . has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts. (George M. Adams: U.S. newspaper columnist and founder of the 'George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service,' 1878-1962) Categories: ABILITIES, CHARACTER, MATURITY, SOCIETY

Adams, George M.: We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think that we can! (George M. Adams: U.S. newspaper columnist and founder of the 'George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service,' 1878-1962) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

Adams, Henry B.: A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (Henry B. Adams: U.S. historian and descendant of two U.S. presidents, 1838-1918) Categories: TEACHERS

Adams, Henry B.: No one means all he says and yet very few say all they mean. (Henry B. Adams: U.S. historian and descendant of two U.S. presidents, 1838-1918) Categories: TRUTH, COMMUNICATION

Adams, Henry B.: Politics, as a practice . . . has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. (Henry B. Adams: U.S. historian and descendant of two U.S. presidents, 1838-1918) Categories: POLITICS

Adams, Henry B.: They know enough who know how to learn. (Henry B. Adams: U.S. historian and descendant of two U.S. presidents, 1838-1918) Categories: LEARNING

Adams, John Q.: A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848) Categories: WRITING

Adams, John Q.: Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes . . . they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848) Categories: FACTS

Adams, John Q.: The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848) Categories: IMMORTALITY, INFLUENCE, LEGACY, LIFE

Adams, John Q.: There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848) Categories: GOVERNMENT

Adams, John Q.: This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848) Categories: RELIGION (U.S.A.)

Adams, John Q.: We all have two choices: We can make a living OR we can design a life. (John Q. Adams: U.S. politician who served as the sixth President of the United States, 1767-1848) Categories: CHOICES, GOALS, LIFE

Adams, Patch: Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure. (Patch Adams: U.S. physician, comedian, activist, and author, Born 1945) Categories: NATURE, STRESS-REDUCTION

Addair, George: Everything you've ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear. (George Addair: U.S. real estate developer, 1823-1899) Categories: FEAR

Addison, Joseph: A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: MISERY, SUFFERING

Addison, Joseph: Colors speak all languages. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: COLORS

Addison, Joseph: If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, SUCCESS

Addison, Joseph: Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: READING

Addison, Joseph: The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Addison, Joseph: Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: HAPPINESS, HOPE

Addison, Joseph: What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. (Joseph Addison: English essayist, poet, playwright, politician, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, 1672-1719) Categories: EDUCATION

Ade, George: Life is a series of relapses and recoveries. (George Ade: U.S. writer, 1866-1944) Categories: MISTAKES, RECOVERY, STRUGGLES

Ade, George: Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense. (George Ade: U.S. writer, 1866-1944) Categories: TIME, IMPROBABILITY

Adenauer, Konrad: We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. (Konrad Adenauer: German statesman, 1876-1967) Categories: EQUITY, HUMANKIND, INEQUALITY

Adler, Felix: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself. (Felix Adler: German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader, and social reformer, 1851-1933) Categories: BEHAVIOR, ETHICS, MORALITY

Adorno, Theodor W.: Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality. (Theodor W. Adorno: German philosopher, sociologist, and composer, 1903-1969) Categories: AUTHORITARIANISM, INTOLERANCE

Aeschylus: Call no man happy till he is dead. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: DEATH, HAPPINESS

Aeschylus: Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: TYRANNY

Aeschylus: Delay not to seize the hour! (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: ACTION, OPPORTUNITIES

Aeschylus: Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: ENVY

Aeschylus: He hears but half who hears one party only. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: ABSENCE, CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Aeschylus: The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: FUTURE

Aeschylus: Wisdom comes alone through suffering. (Aeschylus: Ancient Greek tragedian who is often described as the ‘Father of Tragedy,' 525—456 B.C.E.) Categories: SUFFERING, WISDOM

Aesop Fable: A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: ANXIETY, PEACEFULNESS

Aesop Fable: A man is known by the company he keeps. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: COMPANIONS, RELATIONSHIPS

Aesop Fable: After all is said and done, more is said than done (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: COMMUNICATION, INACTION

Aesop Fable: Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories:

Aesop Fable: Learn how to bend, and you’ll never have to break. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: FLEXIBILITY, OPEN-MINDEDNESS, SELF-AWARENESS

Aesop Fable: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: KINDNESS

Aesop Fable: Please all and you will please none. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Aesop Fable: The gods help them that help themselves. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Aesop Fable: United we stand, divided we fall. (Aesop Fable: ) Categories: COOPERATION, TEAMWORK

Affleck, Ben: If you don’t deal with your demons, your demons will deal with you (Ben Affleck: U.S. actor and filmmaker, whose accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, Born 1972) Categories: DEMONS

African Proverb: By his deeds we know a man. (African Proverb: ) Categories: ACTIONS, CHARACTER, DEEDS

African Proverb: Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped. (African Proverb: ) Categories: CLUES, MISTAKES

African Proverb: However long the night, the dawn will break. (African Proverb: ) Categories: PATIENCE

African Proverb: If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. (African Proverb: ) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-IMAGE

African Proverb: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. (African Proverb: ) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE, COLLABORATION, TEAMWORK

African Proverb: It takes an entire village to raise a child. (African Proverb: ) Categories: CHILD-RAISING, SOCIETY

African Proverb: No medicine exists that can cure hatred. (African Proverb: ) Categories: HATRED

African Proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. (African Proverb: ) Categories: AUTHORITY, LEADERSHIP, PARENTHOOD

Agar, Herbert: The truth that makes men free is, for the most part, the truth which people prefer not to hear. (Herbert Agar: U.S. journalist and historian, 1897-1980) Categories: TRUTH

Agathon: This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past. (Agathon: Greek tragic poet, 448—400 B.C.E.) Categories: PAST, POWER, TIME

Aiken, George D.: If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon. (George D. Aiken: U.S. senator, 1892-1984) Categories: BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, DIVERSITY, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY, RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIETY

Aird, Catherine: If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. (Catherine Aird: English novelist and short story writer, Born 1930) Categories: ROLE MODELS

Aiyar, Pallavi: As humans we strain to escape our straightjackets, to bend, and entwine— and thus cross-fertilization occurs in the form of enriched science, literature, food, etc. (Pallavi Aiyar: Indian journalist and award-winning foreign correspondent) Categories: INTERCONNECTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, TRAVEL

Aiyar, Pallavi: Travel is an education rather than an event. (Pallavi Aiyar: Indian journalist and award-winning foreign correspondent) Categories: TRAVEL

Aiyar, Pallavi: When languages, cultures, and peoples collide, the categories that label and classify us into separateness begin to soften. (Pallavi Aiyar: Indian journalist and award-winning foreign correspondent) Categories: CULTURES, LANGUAGE, TRAVEL

Aiyar, Pallavi: With travel, we discover inner passageways that remain opaque to us at home. (Pallavi Aiyar: Indian journalist and award-winning foreign correspondent) Categories: TRAVEL

Albom, Mitch: Death ends a life, not a relationship. (Mitch Albom: U.S. author, journalist, and musician, Born 1958) Categories: DEATH, RELATIONSHIPS

Albright, Madeleine: As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view. (Madeleine Albright: U.S. diplomat, politician, and the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, Born 1937) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Albright, Madeleine: There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other. (Madeleine Albright: U.S. diplomat, politician, and the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, Born 1937) Categories: WOMEN

Albright, Madeleine: Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume. (Madeleine Albright: U.S. diplomat, politician, and the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, Born 1937) Categories: REPUTATION

Alcott, Bronson: A birthday is a good time to begin anew: throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them on again. (Bronson Alcott: U.S. teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer, 1799-1888) Categories: BIRTHDAYS, HABITS

Alcott, Louisa M.: I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. (Louisa M. Alcott: U.S. novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel "Little Women," 1832-1888) Categories: CHALLENGES, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-RELIANCE

Alcott, Louisa M.: If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake. (Louisa M. Alcott: U.S. novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel "Little Women," 1832-1888) Categories: INTEGRITY, REPUTATION, TRUTH

Alcott, Louisa M.: Madame de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality. (Louisa M. Alcott: U.S. novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the novel "Little Women," 1832-1888) Categories: ARCHITECTURE, STATUARY

Aldrich, Thomas B.: After a debauch of thundershower, the weather takes the pledge and signs it with a rainbow. (Thomas B. Aldrich: U.S. writer, poet, critic, and long-term editor of 'The Atlantic Monthly,' 1836-1907) Categories: NATURE

Alexander, Michelle: If we do not learn the lessons of history and choose a radically different path forward, we may lose our last chance of creating a truly inclusive, and egalitarian democracy. (Michelle Alexander: U.S. professor, civil rights advocate, and author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," Born 1967) Categories: RACISM

Alexander, Victoria: There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud, and to know that the words have been heard.( (Victoria Alexander: U.S. best-selling author of historical romance nove, Born 1950) Categories: GRIEF

Alfieri, Victtori: Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it. (Victtori Alfieri: Italian dramatist and poet, considered the 'founder of Italian tragedy,' 1740-1803) Categories: SOCIETY, CRIMINALITY

Alinsky, Saul: Organizers need to be well-integrated schizoids—ready to polarize in order to mobilize people and then be able to depolarize in order to settle matters. (Saul Alinsky: U.S. community organizer, 1909-1972) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Al-Jawziyya, Qavvim: A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body. (Qavvim Al-Jawziyya: Medieval Islamic jurisconsult, Sunni theologian, and spiritual writer, 1292-1350) Categories: DEATH, FEAR

Allen, Charles L.: Visualize, "prayerize," "actionize," and your wishes will come true. (Charles L. Allen: U.S. ordained United Methodist minister whose First United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas became the largest Methodist congregation in the world at 12,000 members. 1913-2005) Categories: VISUALIZATION, ACTION, PRAYER

Allen, Fred: A celebrity is someone who works hard all his life to become known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. (Fred Allen: U.S. comedian on one of the most popular radio programs, 1894-1956) Categories: CELEBRITIES

Allen, Fred: Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.” (Fred Allen: U.S. comedian on one of the most popular radio programs, 1894-1956) Categories:

Allen, James L.: You are the one who must choose your place. (James L. Allen: U.S. writer and novelist, 1849-1925) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Allen, Robert G.: How man millioinaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? (Robert G. Allen: U.S. author and influential investment advisor, Born 1948) Categories: INVESTMENT, SAVINGS

Allen, Steve: If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The same happens in the absence of prayers. (Steve Allen: U.S. television host, musician, actor, comedian, and writer, 1921-2000) Categories: PRAYER

Allen, Steve: If you're not failing, you're not trying anything. (Steve Allen: U.S. television host, musician, actor, comedian, and writer, 1921-2000) Categories: FAILURE

Allen, Woody: I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying. (Woody Allen: U.S. director, writer, actor, and comedian who's been highly ranked as a great stand-up comedian, Born, 1935) Categories: IMMORTALITY

Allen, Woody: If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse. (Woody Allen: U.S. director, writer, actor, and comedian who's been highly ranked as a great stand-up comedian, Born, 1935) Categories: GOD

Allen, Woody: Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right. (Woody Allen: U.S. director, writer, actor, and comedian who's been highly ranked as a great stand-up comedian, Born, 1935) Categories: SEX

Allen, Woody: You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. (Woody Allen: U.S. director, writer, actor, and comedian who's been highly ranked as a great stand-up comedian, Born, 1935) Categories: AGING

Allende, Isabel: Write what should not be forgotten. (Isabel Allende: Chilean-American writer, Born 1942) Categories: POSTERITY, WRITING

Altman, Robert: To play it safe is not to play. (Robert Altman: U.S. film director, screenwriter, producer, and five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director, 1925-2006) Categories: RISK

Altschuler, Michael: The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. (Michael Altschuler: U.S. business man and motivational speaker) Categories: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY, TIME

Altschuler, Michael: The ultimate paradox: Change is the only constant. (Michael Altschuler: U.S. business man and motivational speaker) Categories: CHANGE

Alumni of Williams College, Massachusetts: Climb high / Climb far / Your goal the sky / Your aim the star. (Alumni of Williams College, Massachusetts: ) Categories: GOALS

Alves, Ruben: Hope is the ability to listen to the music of the future. (Ruben Alves: French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter, and director, Born 1980) Categories: HOPE

Amanpour, Christiane: War, at its heart, is a paradox. We are all appalled by it but also entranced by it. War is devastating, but it also brings about huge social and medical inventions. War appeals to the worst of human strengths, but it inspires ideals and qualities that are rarely seen in peacetime. And, above all, war is what happens when the things that we want to live for are worth dying for. (Christiane Amanpour: British-Iranian journalist and television hostess, Born 1958) Categories: WAR

Ambedkar, Bhimrao R.: Social and cultural reform should precede political reform (Bhimrao R. Ambedkar: Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, and statesman who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India, 1891-1956) Categories: SOCIAL REFORM

American Indian Proverb: Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins. (American Indian Proverb: ) Categories: CRITICISM, JUDGMENT

Ameringer, Oscar: Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. (Oscar Ameringer: German-American Socialist editor, author, and organizer, 1870-1943) Categories: POLITICS

Amery, Jean: Resentment nails every one of us to the cross of our ruined past. (Jean Amery: Austrian essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II, 1912-1978) Categories: RESENTMENT

Amiel, Henri F.: A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: DECISIONS, PROBLEM-SOLVING, KNOW-HOW

Amiel, Henri F.: Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: GENIUS, TALENT

Amiel, Henri F.: Learn to . . . be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Amiel, Henri F.: The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: SIMPLICITY

Amiel, Henri F.: The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: DECISIONS, REGRET

Amiel, Henri F.: Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: SILENCE, TRUTH

Amiel, Henri-Frederic: Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! (Henri-Frederic Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881) Categories: KINDNESS, LIFE

Amis, Martin: Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. (Martin Amis: British novelist, Born 1949) Categories: GUNS, WEAPONS, BULLETS

Amritanandamayi, Mata: Contentment is the greatest wealth. (Mata Amritanandamayi: Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers, Born 1953) Categories: CONTENTMENT, WEALTH

Anaximander: Just as cosmic pluralism entertains the possibility of diverse forms of life in the universe, societal pluralism emphasizes the importance of appreciating diverse identities, cultures, and worldviews on Earth. (Anaximander: Pre-Socratic philosopher and author of the first surviving lines of Western philosophy, 611 B.C.-546 B.C.) Categories: DIVERSITY, PLURALISM

Anderson, Janet: I love being a great-grandparent, but what I hate is being the mother of a grandparent. (Janet Anderson: English Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament, Born 1949) Categories: AGING, FAMILY

Anderson, Janet: There are lots of spoiled kids out there . . . because you can't spank Grandma. (Janet Anderson: English Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament, Born 1949) Categories: GRANDMAS

Anderson, Marian: Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it (Marian Anderson: U.S. contralto singer who performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals (1897-1993)) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Andrews, Julie: Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. (Julie Andrews: English actress, singer, and author who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 'Mary Poppins' and the Golden Globe Award for her leading role in 'The Sound of Music,' Born 1935) Categories: DISCIPLINE

Angastiniotis, Tony: How can a solution come if everyone is trying to gain more and more? Nobody yet has said, What can I give for a solution, what can I sacrifice to achieve peace? (Tony Angastiniotis: Greek Cypriot human rights activist and documentary-maker, Born 1966) Categories: PEACE, SOLUTIONS

Angastiniotis, Tony: There is no shame in accepting the mistakes of one's country; the shame is in concealing the mistakes and letting the next generation quietly inherit horrors they had no part in. (Tony Angastiniotis: Greek Cypriot human rights activist and documentary-maker, Born 1966) Categories: EDUCATION, HISTORY, SHAME, CONCEALMENT

Angell, Norman: The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men. (Norman Angell: British lecturer, author, member of Parliament, and Nobel laureate, 1872-1967) Categories: WAR

Angelou, Maya: Bitterness is like a cancer that enters the soul. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: BITTERNESS

Angelou, Maya: Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Angelou, Maya: If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: ATTITUDES, CHANGE

Angelou, Maya: If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, WARMTH

Angelou, Maya: I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Angelou, Maya: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: LIFE, MEMORIES

Angelou, Maya: People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Angelou, Maya: Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: TRAVEL

Angelou, Maya: Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: SELF-ACCEPTANCE

Angelou, Maya: The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: LISTENING, FRIENDS

Angelou, Maya: There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Angelou, Maya: Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: KINDNESS, SUPPORT

Angelou, Maya: We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: BEAUTY, CHALLENGES, TRANSFORMATIONS

Angelou, Maya: You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: CREATIVITY

Angelou, Maya: You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. (Maya Angelou: U.S. author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, 1928-2014) Categories: DECISIONS, RESILIENCE, STAMINA

Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem-BEOWULF: I have wintered into wisdom. (Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem-BEOWULF: ) Categories: WISDOM

Annac, Wes: Unity does not mean conformity. (Wes Annac: U.S. writer and editor) Categories: NON-CONFORMITY, UNITY

Anthony, Robert: We fear the things we want most. (Robert Anthony: U.S. organizational theorist, and professor of management control at Harvard Business School, 1916-2006) Categories: DESIRE, FEAR

Anthony, Susan B.: A woman must not depend upon the protection of a man, but must be taught to protect herself. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: WOMEN

Anthony, Susan B.: I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: BELIEFS, MISTRUST

Anthony, Susan B.: I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMEN

Anthony, Susan B.: Independence is happiness. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: HAPPINESS, INDEPENDENCE

Anthony, Susan B.: The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball—the further I am rolled, the more I gain. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: AGING

Anthony, Susan B.: The only question left to be settled now is, are women persons? (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: WOMEN

Anthony, Susan B.: The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit. (Susan B. Anthony: U.S. Quaker social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, 1820-1906) Categories: WOMEN, RELIGION

Antisthenes: There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself-an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly- (Antisthenes: Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates, 445 B.C.E.-- 365 B.C.E.) Categories: COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS

Antrim, Minna: Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. (Minna Antrim: U.S. writer, 1861-1950) Categories: EXPERIENCE

Apache Proverb: It’s better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. (Apache Proverb: ) Categories: SKILLS

Apocrypha: A faithful friend is the medicine of life. (Apocrypha: Ancient biblical wrtings, 400 B.C.E.-1 A.D.) Categories: FRIEND, FAITHFULNESS

Appleton, Edward: I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. (Edward Appleton: English atmospheric physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1892-1965) Categories: ENTHUSIASM

Arabic Proverb: Ask the experienced rather than the learned. (Arabic Proverb: ) Categories: CONSULTING, EXPERIENCE

Arabic Proverb: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (Arabic Proverb: ) Categories: ENEMIES, RELATIONSHIPS

Arab Proverb: It is better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves. (Arab Proverb: ) Categories: MARRIAGE

Arany, Janos: In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities (Janos Arany: Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist, known as the"Shakespeare of Ballads, 1817-1882) Categories: DREAMS, LOVE, POSSIBILITIES

Archimedes: Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth. (Archimedes: Greek inventor, physicist, and engineer, c. 287-212 B.C.E.) Categories: RECOGNITION

Arendt, Hannah: Equality is the result of human organization. We are not born equal. (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: EQUALITY, POLITICS

Arendt, Hannah: Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: FORGIVENESS, FREEDOM

Arendt, Hannah: Luck serves . . . as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny. (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: LUCK

Arendt, Hannah: One trains one's mind to go visiting. (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: IMAGINATION, INNOVATION

Arendt, Hannah: The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism. (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: EMPATHY

Arendt, Hannah: The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction . . . no longer exist(s). (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: GOVERNMENT, TOTALITARIANISM, TRUTH

Arendt, Hannah: When you are bombarded with lies, repeatedly, the purpose of the lie is not really to get you to believe the lie. It's to persuade you to doubt everything. (Hannah Arendt: German-born, U.S. political theorist who is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century, 1906-1975) Categories: DOUBT, LIES

Aretino, Pietro: I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. (Pietro Aretino: Italian satirist and dramatist, 1492-1556) Categories: INTEGRITY, TRUTH

Ariosto, Ludovico: Nature made him, and then broke the mold. (Ludovico Ariosto: Italian poet. 1474-1533) Categories: HEROES

Aristophanes: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. (Aristophanes: Ancient Greek poet and comic playwright; eleven of his forty plays have survived virtually complete, 427–386 B.C.E) Categories: FOES

Aristotle: As sight is in the body, so is reason in the soul. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: REASON

Aristotle: Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: EDUCATION

Aristotle: Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: CHILD-DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING, ROLE-MODELS

Aristotle: He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: FOLLOWERS, LEADERS

Aristotle: Hope is a waking dream. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: DREAMS, HOPE

Aristotle: In a friend you find a second self. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIEND, SELF-PERCEPTION

Aristotle: It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: JUDGMENT, OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Aristotle: Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: LOVE

Aristotle: We are what we repeatedly do. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: BEHAVIOR, LIFE

Aristotle: We make war that we may live in peace. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: WAR

Aristotle: Well begun is half done. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: BEGINNINGS, CHALLENGES

Aristotle: What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Aristotle: Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. (Aristotle: Greek philosopher and scientist who, along with Plato, is considered the ‘Father of Western Philosophy,’ 384-322 B.C.E.) Categories: FRIENDS

Armey, Dick: You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. (Dick Armey: U.S. economist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas's and as House Majority Leader, Born 1940) Categories: REVENGE

Armey, Doug: Growing older is mandatory. Growing wiser is optional. (Doug Armey: U.S. author, entrepreneur, and adventurer) Categories: AGING, WISDOM

Armour, Philip D.: Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article. (Philip D. Armour: U.S. meatpacking industrialist who founded the Chicago-based firm of Armour & Company, 1832-1901) Categories: MANUFACTURING

Armour, Richard: Adolescence is when children start trying to bring up their parents. (Richard Armour: U.S. poet and author of more than 65 books, 1906-1989) Categories: ADOLESCENCE

Armour, Richard: Politics, it seems to me . . . for years has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. (Richard Armour: U.S. poet and author of more than 65 books, 1906-1989) Categories: POLITICS

Armstrong, Neil: That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. (Neil Armstrong: U.S. astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon, 1930-2012) Categories: MOON LANDING

Arnold, Matthew: Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. (Matthew Arnold: English poet and cultural critic, 1822-1888) Categories: POETRY

Arnold, Oren: Man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication. (Oren Arnold: U.S. novelist, journalist, and humorist, 1900-1980) Categories: LANGUAGE

Arnold, Stanley: Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution. (Stanley Arnold: U.S. business leader and consultant) Categories: PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS

Arnold, Thomas: The difference between one man and another is not mere ability . . . it is energy. (Thomas Arnold: English educator and historian, 1795-1842) Categories: DILIGENCE, ENERGY, ZEAL

Arnott, Robert: In investing, what is comfortable is rarely what is profitable. (Robert Arnott: U.S. entrepreneur, investor, editor, and writer, Born 1954) Categories: INVESTMENT, MONEY, NON-RISK

Asch, Sholem: Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. (Sholem Asch: Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language, 1880-1957) Categories: FORGETFULNESS, FORGIVENESS

Asch, Sholem: Not the power to remember, but its very opposite: the power to forget is a necessary condition for our existence. (Sholem Asch: Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language, 1880-1957) Categories: PAST, MEMORY

Ash, Mary K.: A good goal is like a strenuous exercise-it makes you stretch. (Mary K. Ash: U.S. businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, 1918-2001) Categories: GOALS

Ash, Mary K.: Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. (Mary K. Ash: U.S. businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, 1918-2001) Categories: LIFE, IGNORANCE

Ash, Mary K.: People fail forward to success. (Mary K. Ash: U.S. businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, 1918-2001) Categories: SUCCESS, FAILURE

Ash, Mary K.: You can go as far as your mind lets you. Remember that what you believe you can achieve. (Mary K. Ash: U.S. businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, 1918-2001) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

Ashe, Arthur: Be who you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. (Arthur Ashe: U.S. professional tennis player who was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open, Born 1943) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-DETERMINATION

Ashe, Arthur: Success is a journey, not a destination. (Arthur Ashe: U.S. professional tennis player who was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open, Born 1943) Categories: SUCCESS

Ashley-Cooper, Anthony: The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. (Anthony Ashley-Cooper: British philanthropist and social reformer, 1801-1885) Categories: BEAUTY, HONESTY, MORALITY

Asimov, Isaac: A book worth banning is a book worth reading. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: BOOKS, BOOK-BANNING

Asimov, Isaac: A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: WRITING

Asimov, Isaac: Anti-intellectualism fosters the false notion that democracy means that ‘my Ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’ (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM, DEMOCRACY, IGNORANCE

Asimov, Isaac: I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it — observation, measurement, and reasoning. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: EVIDENCE

Asimov, Isaac: Jokes of the proper kind . . . can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: HUMOR, JOKES

Asimov, Isaac: Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: ENLIGHTENMENT, JOKES

Asimov, Isaac: Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: LIFE

Asimov, Isaac: Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: MORALITY

Asimov, Isaac: No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is but also the world as it will be. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: DECISIONS, FUTURE

Asimov, Isaac: Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: LIFE, TECHNOLOGY, CIVILIZATION

Asimov, Isaac: Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: BIBLE

Asimov, Isaac: The saddest aspect of life . . . is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: SCIENCE

Asimov, Isaac: There is a cult of ignorance in the United States . . . nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’ (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: IGNORANCE

Asimov, Isaac: Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: ARROGANCE, OPINIONS

Asimov, Isaac: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: VIOLENCE

Asimov, Isaac: Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: WRITING

Asimov, Isaac: Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in. (Isaac Asimov: U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992) Categories: ASSUMPTIONS

Aslan, Reza: Bigotry is not the result of ignorance; bigotry is the result of fear. And fear is impervious to data. (Reza Aslan: ) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Asperger, Hans: It seems that for success, in science or art, a dash of autism is essential. For success, the necessary ingredients may be an ability to turn away from the everyday world so as to create in new untrodden ways. (Hans Asperger: , Austrian physician, noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, 1906-1980) Austrian physician, noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, 1906-1980) Categories: AUTISM

Asquith, Herbert H.: Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. (Herbert H. Asquith: British statesman and Liberal politician who, from 1908-1916, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1852-1928) Categories: YOUTH

Asquith, Margot: There are some people that you cannot change; you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone. (Margot Asquith: Anglo-Scottish socialite, author, and wit, 1864-1945) Categories: BEHAVIOR, STUBBORNNESS

Assaglioli, Robert: Without forgiveness life is governed . . . by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. (Robert Assaglioli: Italian psychiatrist and pioneer in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, 2888-1927) Categories: FORGIVENESS, RESENTMENT, RETALIATION

Astaire, Fred: The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. (Fred Astaire: U.S. dancer, singer, actor, musician, choreographer, and presenter, 1899-1987) Categories: CUSTOMS, PARENTING

Astor, Mary: Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone. (Mary Astor: U.S. actress who began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies, 1906-1987) Categories: QUESTIONS-ANSWERS, INNOCENCE

Atwood, Margaret: Divorce is like an amputation. Nobody dies from lack of sex. (Margaret Atwood: Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor, Born 1939) Categories: DIVORCE

Atwood, Margaret: I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one ‘race’ – the human race – and that we are all members of it. (Margaret Atwood: Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor, Born 1939) Categories: RACE, RACISM

Atwood, Margaret: Potential has a shelf life. (Margaret Atwood: Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor, Born 1939) Categories: ABILITIES, POTENTIAL

Auden, W. H.: A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: COMMUNICATION, READING

Auden, W. H.: Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: GENIUSES

Auden, W. H.: I and the public know / What all schoolchildren learn / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: ABUSE, EVIL

Auden, W. H.: If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: SELF-INITIATIVE

Auden, W. H.: We must believe before we can doubt, and doubt before we can deny. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: BELIEFS, DENIAL, DOUBT

Augustine, Jerry: The body manifests what the mind harbors. (Jerry Augustine: U.S. professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues, Born 1952) Categories: HEALTH, SELF-AWARENESS

Aurelius, Marcus: A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: AMBITION, WORTHINESS

Aurelius, Marcus: Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: RESISTANCE

Aurelius, Marcus: Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: DEATH, NATURE

Aurelius, Marcus: How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: ANGER, CONSEQUENCES

Aurelius, Marcus: It is not death that a man should fear, but the fear of never beginning to live. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: DEATH, FEAR

Aurelius, Marcus: Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: FUTURE, HISTORY

Aurelius, Marcus: Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: ABILITIES, EDUCATION

Aurelius, Marcus: Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: ENDURANCE

Aurelius, Marcus: The act of dying is one of the acts of life. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: LIFE, DEATH

Aurelius, Marcus: The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, LIFE

Aurelius, Marcus: The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: CHARACTER, COMMITMENT, PURSUITS, WORTHINESS

Aurelius, Marcus: To live happily is an inward power of the soul. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: HAPPINESS

Aurelius, Marcus: Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Aurelius, Marcus: What pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies . . . the real man. (Marcus Aurelius: Roman stoic philosopher-emperor, known as the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors,' 121-180 A.D.) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-RELIANCE

Austin, James H.: Chance favors those in motion. (James H. Austin: U.S. neurologist and author of books on the human brain and the practice of meditation, 1928-2017) Categories: ACTION, CHANCE, LUCK

Austin, J.L.: Fact is richer than diction. (J.L. Austin: , British philosopher of language, 1911-1960) Categories: FACTS, LANGUAGE

Ausubel, David: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly. (David Ausubel: U.S. pioneer of cognitive psychology, 1918-2008) Categories: TEACHING

Ausubel, Kenny: Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another. (Kenny Ausubel: U.S. social entrepreneur, investigative journalist, and award-winning filmmaker, Born 1949) Categories: COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS

Avery, Oswald: Whenever you fall, or have difficulty, pick something up. (Oswald Avery: Canadian-American physician and medical researcher, 1877-1955) Categories: LEARNING

Awkwafina: We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up. (Awkwafina: U.S. actress, rapper, and comedian, Born 1988) Categories: PERSEVERANCE, RISK

Aylwin, Patricio: Art should be like a holiday: something to give people the opportunity to see things differently and to change their point of view. (Patricio Aylwin: Chilean politician whose election as President marked the Chilean transition to democracy, 1918-2016) Categories: ART

Aylwin, Patricio: The more horrifying this world becomes the more art becomes abstract. (Patricio Aylwin: Chilean politician whose election as President marked the Chilean transition to democracy, 1918-2016) Categories: ART

Aylwin, Patricio: We human beings have a tendency to make absolute judgments, to judge what happens in terms of black and white. But life is far more complex: as the Gospel says, 'wheat and chaff go together.' (Patricio Aylwin: Chilean politician whose election as President marked the Chilean transition to democracy, 1918-2016) Categories: DIVISIVENESS, JUDGMENT