“The Past is dead, and has no resurrection; but the Future is endowed with such a life, that it lives to us even in anticipation. The Past is, in many things, the foe of mankind; the Future is, in all things, our friend. In the Past is no hope; The Future is both hope and fruition. The Past is the text-book of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot's wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.” BookPastForeverWifeMankindAll ThingsTyrantsResurrectionAnticipationLooking BackIncapableFoeNo HopeFruition Book:Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
“The wife should yield in all things to her lord” ShouldLordWifeAll ThingsYield Book:Euripides: Plays: Alcestis Source: Euripides: Plays: Alcestis
“The universities do not teach all things ... so a doctor must seek out old wives, gypsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers, and such outlaws and take lessons from them. A doctor must be a traveller . . . Knowledge is experience.” TeachWifeLessonsAll ThingsDoctorsUniversityWanderTribesTravellerGypsyOutlawRobbers Author:Paracelsus
“My mother really was an extraordinary, inspirational, tough, cool, sexy, funny woman and that's the kind of woman I've always surrounded myself with. It's my friends, particularly my wife, who is not only smarter than and stronger than I am but, occasionally taller too. I think it all goes back to my mother. My father and my stepfather prized whit and resolve in the women they were with above all things. And they were among the rare men who understood that recognising somebody else's power does not diminish your own.” ThinkingMenKindMotherFatherWifeUnderstoodMy FriendsToughAll ThingsStrongerExtraordinarySexyMy WifeWitResolveSmarterDiminishFunny WomenStepfathers Author:Joss Whedon