“Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.” IfsShouldWisdomHandsFatherPoliticsCausesSidesJusticePartyEconomyOne ThingSonDevilShould HaveBe GoodLiberalism Author:Thomas More
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” CharacterWisdomOne ThingFameWingsEndureAccidentsRichesPopularityVaporPopularity Contest Author:Horace Greeley
“I have sought earnestly and with great diligence that good and high virtue by which man may draw closest to God... and as far as my intelligence would permit, I find that high virtue to be pure disinterest, that is, detachment from creatures. Our Lord said to Martha 'Unum est necessarium', which is to say; to be untroubled and pure, one thing is necessary and that is disinterest.” MenMaySaidWisdomFunLordVirtueOne ThingPureCreaturesDrawsPermitClosestDetachmentOur LordDiligenceDisinterest Author:Meister Eckhart
“An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.” PersonsWisdomFoundSexInterestInterestingEducationOne ThingIntellectualIntelligenceWittyIntellectSexualityIntellectualismFunny SexIntellectual LifeIntellectual Growth Author:Aldous Huxley