“Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.” Quote by Wilferd Peterson
“Every man is his own Pygmalion, and spends his life fashioning himself. And in fashioning himself, for good or ill, he fashions the human race and its future.” MenHumansRaceFashionIllEvery ManHuman RacePygmalion Author:I. F. Stone
“The goal of formal education has always been to produce people who could continue to learn on their own.” PeopleGoalProduceFormalFormal Education Book:The Life Long Learner Source: The Life Long Learner
“What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed.” DoneBedUndoneMacbeth Sleep Author:William Shakespeare
“Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him.” KnowsMenYearsBookParentWrittenBuildingCivilizationTalesBlockWritten WordBuilding Blocks Author:Louis L'Amour
“It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.” IfsWorldHeartSoulEnoughTechnologyWireCircuitsShort Circuit Author:Tom Brokaw
“If you could kick the posterior of the person who has hurt you the most, ...you wouldn't be able to sit down for six weeks.” IfsPersonsAbleHurtWeekSixKicks Author:John Hagee
“My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.” KnowsWorldLife IsWeekMissingHavensMy FavoriteCyclesPopePublic LifeInfallible Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Only those willing to do what the very few do will get the rewards that the very few get.” WillingRewards Author:Robin Sharma
“Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.” PeopleCommonPraiseVainVirtuous Author:Francis Bacon