Thursday, May 01, 2008

Some excellent quotes!


No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.- Carl Sagan

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
- G.K. Chesterton

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.- Aldous Huxley

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.- Salvador Dali

I fear nothing, I hope for nothing, I am free.- Nikos Kazantzakis

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.- John Steinbeck

The satiated man and the hungry one do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread.- Rumi

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.- Miguel de Cervantes

There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there.- Rumi

To find a person who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.- Robert Brault

If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.- Mahatma Gandhi

Fine minds are seldom fine souls.- Jean Paul Richter

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.- Bertrand Russell

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.- Mohandas K. Gandhi

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I read the list and found the best quote for me is Mahatma Gandhi's quote. Makes sense.

Mississippi Songbird said...

I love these. Thanks for sharing and Happy National Day of Prayer..

Renie Burghardt said...

I like the Ghandi quotes the best, too. Both of them.

Sleep tight!

Renie