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| Author | Date | Saying / Proverb / Growing Tip |
|---|---|---|
| by Nadja | 2005 02-05 | MAKE YOUR SCARS INTO STARS. Igu viajn cikatrojn esti}i steloj. |
| Yiddish proverb | 2005 08-04 | A MAN IS NOT OLD UNTIL HIS REGRETS TAKE THE PLACE OF DREAMS. |
| Yiddish proverb | 2005 06-15 | TO A WORM IN HORSERADISH, THE WHOLE WORLD IS HORSERADISH. |
| Woody Allen | 2005 05-17 | IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH, TELL HIM YOUR FUTURE PLANS. |
| Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the U.S., Nobel peace prize winner (1856-1924) | 2005 07-13 | THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY IS A HISTORY OF THE LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT POWER, NOT THE INCREASE OF IT. |
| Winston Churchill | 2005 07-06 | A MAN WHO IS NOT A LIBERAL BY THE TIME HE IS 20, HAS NO HEART. A MAN WHO IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE BY THE TIME HE IS 50 HAS NO BRAINS. |
| William Shakespeare, playwright and poet (1564-1616) | 2005 05-26 | I WISH YOU ALL THE JOY THAT YOU CAN WISH. |
| William Penn | 2005 06-19 | THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE GOVERNED BY GOD WILL BE RULED BY TYRANTS. |
| William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, educator and writer (1868-1963) | 2005 10-21 | A MAN DOES NOT LOOK BEHIND THE DOOR UNLESS HE HAS STOOD THERE HIMSELF. |
| William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) | 2005 04-09 | IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET THE NEWS FROM POEMS YET MEN DIE MISERABLY EVERY DAY FOR LACK OF WHAT IS FOUND THERE. |
| William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827) | 2005 10-31 | TO THE MAN OF IMAGINATION, NATURE IS IMAGINATION ITSELF. |
| William Arthur Ward, college administrator, writer (1921-1994) | 2005 05-20 | FEELING GRATITUDE AND NOT EXPRESSING IT IS LIKE WRAPPING A PRESENT AND NOT GIVING IT. |
| Will Rogers | 2005 01-28 | EVERYTHING IS FUNNY AS LONG AS IT HAPPENS TO SOMEBODY ELSE. [io estas komika tiel longe, kiel la tio okazigas aliajn. |
| Walter Weckler | 2005 06-07 | REVENGE HAS NO MORE QUENCHING EFFECT ON EMOTIONS THAN SALT WATER HAS ON THIRST. |
| Walter Savage Landor, writer (1775-1864) | 2005 08-02 | WHAT IS READING, BUT SILENT CONVERSATION. |
| Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892) | 2005 07-09 | IN THE FACES OF MEN AND WOMEN I SEE GOD. |
| Wallace Wattles | 2005 02-06 | THE GRATEFUL MIND IS CONSTANTLY FIXED UPON THE BEST. THEREFORE IT TENDS TO BECOME THE BEST. IT TAKES THE FORM OR CHARACTER OF THE BEST, AND WILL RECEIVE THE BEST. La dankema menso estas konstante fiksata sur la plej bona. Tial, }i tendencas i}i la plej bonan. }i havas la formon aw karakteron de la plej bona kaj ricevos la plej bonan. |
| WEB | 2005 02-04 | THE ETERNAL LIFE FORCE BECOMES AWARE OF ITSELF AT THE POINT OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. La eterna kreskeco ekkonscias sin je la stato de kontemplema inteligento. |
| WEB | 2005 01-24 | IF WE ARE NOT DISCIPLINARIANS, THERE MOST LIKELY WON'T BE ORDER.(P) Se ni ne estas disciplinisto, ver$ajne mankos ordo. `P IF WE DON'T DISCIPLINE OURSELVES, THE WORLD MAY DO IT FOR US. `E Se ni ne disciplinas sin, aliaj ver$ajne disciplinigos nin. `E IF I DON'T ROLE MODEL DISCIPLINE, MY CHILDREN/EMPLOYEES MAY NOT ACQUIRE IT. `N Se ni ne modelas disciplinado, niaj infanoj/dungitoj eble ne akiros }in. (N) |
| WEB | 2005 01-23 | THE WORDS GOD AND LOVE ARE ELUSIVE YET AS REAL AS NATURE. La vortoj Dio kaj amo estas nekapebla, tamen tiel reala kiel naturo. |
| WEB | 2005 02-12 | WE TEND TO SEE THINGS AS WE ARE CONDITIONED TO SEE THEM . . . WHICH OFTEN IS BLURRED. Oni emas vidi a]ojn kiel oni estas influita por vidi ilin . . . kio ofte estas malklara. |
| WEB | 2005 01-06 | IT MAY NOT BE MY FAULT THAT I'M DOWN, BUT IT'S MY DUTY TO GET BACK UP. Eble ne estas mia kulpo ke mi estas malsupre (malgaja), sed estas mia devo stari}i (gaji}i) |
| WEB | 2005 02-17 | IS IT UNIQUENESS THAT NEEDS TO BE PERPETUATED OR IS IT PERMANENCE? [u unikeco bezonas esti dawrigita, aw [u konstanteco? |
| W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973) | 2005 02-23 | POETRY IS THE CLEAR EXPRESSION OF MIXED FEELINGS. |
| W. Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965) | 2005 05-27 | THE WORLD IN GENERAL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF ORIGINALITY; IT IS STARTLED OUT OF ITS COMFORTABLE HABITS OF THOUGHT, AND ITS FIRST REACTION IS ONE OF ANGER. |
| W. H. Auden | 2005 09-24 | HUNDREDS MAY BELIEVE, BUT EACH HAS TO BELIEVE BY HIMSELF. |
| Voltaire, writer (1694-1778) | 2005 08-05 | IT IS AS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRANSLATE POETRY AS IT IS TO TRANSLATE MUSIC. |
| Voltaire, philosopher and writer (1694-1778) | 2005 11-18 | LOVE TRUTH, BUT PARDON ERROR. |
| Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778) | 2005 12-25 | IT IS LAMENTABLE, THAT TO BE A GOOD PATRIOT ONE MUST BECOME THE ENEMY OF THE REST OF MANKIND. |
| Voltaire | 2005 07-14 | IT IS FORBIDDEN TO KILL; THEREFORE ALL MURDERERS ARE PUNISHED UNLESS THEY KILL IN LARGE NUMBERS AND TO THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS. |
| Voltaire | 2005 01-14 | THE LONGER WE DWELL UPON OUR MISFORTUNES THE GREATER IS THEIR POWER TO HARM US. Ju pli ke ni enpensi}as pri niaj malfeli[oj des pli granda estas ties povado difekti nin. |
| Vince Poscente, Olympian (1961- ) | 2005 10-02 | IN A POND KOI CAN REACH LENGTHS OF EIGHTEEN INCHES. AMAZINGLY, WHEN PLACED IN A LAKE, KOI CAN GROW TO THREE FEET LONG. THE METAPHOR IS OBVIOUS. YOU ARE LIMITED BY HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD. |
| Victor Hugo, author (1802-1885) | 2005 11-02 | A COMPLIMENT IS SOMETHING LIKE A KISS THROUGH A VEIL. |
| Victor Borge | 2005 05-09 | SANTA CLAUS HAS THE RIGHT IDEA -- VISIT PEOPLE ONLY ONCE A YEAR. |
| Upton Sinclair, novelist and reformer (1878-1968) | 2005 07-05 | IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET A MAN TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING WHEN HIS SALARY DEPENDS UPON HIS NOT UNDERSTANDING IT. |
| Turkish proverb | 2005 08-30 | NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU HAVE GONE ON THE WRONG ROAD, TURN BACK. |
| Trotsky's dictum | 2005 07-02 | ART CAN BECOME A STRONG ALLY OF REVOLUTION ONLY IN SO FAR AS IT REMAINS FAITHFUL TO ITSELF. |
| Tom Robbins, writer (1936- ) | 2005 10-11 | IF IT IS COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF GOD OR COUNTRY, THERE IS NO CRIME SO HEINOUS THAT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT FORGIVE IT. |
| Thornton Wilder | 2005 01-26 | THERE IS A LAND OF THE LIVING AND A LAND OF THE DEAD, AND THE BRIDGE IS LOVE. Ekzistas lando de la vivuloj kaj lando de la mortuloj, kaj la ponto (inter ilin) estas amo. |
| Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809) | 2005 12-06 | IT IS ERROR ONLY, AND NOT TRUTH, THAT SHRINKS FROM INQUIRY. |
| Thomas Paine | 2005 03-20 | IT IS NECESSARY TO THE HAPPINESS OF MAN THAT HE BE MENTALLY FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF. Necesas al la felicheco de homaro, ke li estu mense fidela al si mem. |
| Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826) | 2005 11-05 | QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS EVEN THE EXISTENCE OF A GOD; BECAUSE, IF THERE BE ONE, HE MUST MORE APPROVE OF THE HOMAGE OF REASON, THEN THAT OF BLINDFOLDED FEAR. |
| Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931) | 2005 03-07 | NON-VIOLENCE LEADS TO THE HIGHEST ETHICS, WHICH IS THE GOAL OF ALL EVOLUTION. UNTIL WE STOP HARMING OTHERS, WE ARE SAVAGES. Neviolenteco gvidas nin atingi la plej altgradajn etikojn, kio ja estas la celo de evoluado. Do, }is oni [esas difekti aliaj, oni sova}as. |
| Thomas Carlyle, writer (1795-1881) | 2005 09-11 | THE GREATEST OF FAULTS, I SHOULD SAY, IS TO BE CONSCIOUS OF NONE. |
| Thomas Carlyle, historian and essayist (1795-1881) | 2005 08-29 | A PERSON USUALLY HAS TWO REASONS FOR DOING SOMETHING: A GOOD REASON AND THE REAL REASON. |
| Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth US president (1858-1919) | 2005 08-08 | A MAN WHO HAS NEVER GONE TO SCHOOL MAY STEAL FROM A FREIGHT CAR; BUT IF HE HAS A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, HE MAY STEAL THE WHOLE RAILROAD. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 2005 02-16 | THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE INGREDIENT IN THE FORMULA OF SUCCESS IS KNOWING HOW TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE. La plej grava sola ingredienco en la formulo de sukceso, estas scii kiamaniere one akordi}as kun aliaj. |
| Theodore M. Hesburgh, educator (1917- ) | 2005 08-10 | THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A FATHER CAN DO FOR HIS CHILDREN IS TO LOVE THEIR MOTHER. |
| T. S. Elliot | 2005 09-25 | NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, NOTHING TO MEN OF FAITH. |
| Swedish proverb | 2005 06-14 | THOSE WHO WISH TO SING ALWAYS FIND A SONG. |
| Susan Sontag, author and critic (1933-2004) | 2005 02-14 | INTERPRETATION IS THE REVENGE OF THE INTELLECT UPON ART. Interpretado estas la vengho de la intelekto sur arto. |
| Susan B Anthony, reformer and suffragist (1820-1906) | 2005 07-31 | I DISTRUST THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW SO WELL WHAT GOD WANTS THEM TO DO BECAUSE I NOTICE IT ALWAYS COINCIDES WITH THEIR OWN DESIRES. |
| Steve Sampson | 2005 01-30 | IN THEORY, THE INTERNAL DIVISIONS OF LARGE, DIVERSE MAJORITIES HELP KEEP THEM FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL--WHICH GIVES THE MINORITIES A FIGHTING CHANCE. Teorie, la internaj divizioj inter la grandajn, diversajn plejmultanojn helpas malebligi ilin kreski tro [iopova--kiu ebligas la malplimultanojn kreski iom da juste kaj }uste. |
| Stephen Swid, executive | 2005 09-14 | BEING RICH IS HAVING MONEY; BEING WEALTHY IS HAVING TIME. |
| Stendal (Marie Henri Beyle), novelist (1783-1842) | 2005 11-07 | THE SHEPHERD ALWAYS TRIES TO PERSUADE THE SHEEP THAT THEIR INTERESTS AND HIS OWN ARE THE SAME. |
| Spike Milligan | 2005 05-14 | MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU HAPPINESS, BUT IT DOES BRING YOU A MORE PLEASANT FORM OF MISERY. |
| Some of Morrie’s last words | 2005 10-28 | DEVOTE YOURSELF TO YOUR COMMUNITY AROUND YOU, AND DEVOTE YOURSELF TO CREATING SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU PURPOSE AND MEANING. |
| Socrates, philosopher (469?-399 BCE) | 2005 05-24 | REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NOTHING STABLE IN HUMAN AFFAIRS; THEREFORE AVOID UNDUE ELATION IN PROSPERITY, OR UNDUE DEPRESSION IN ADVERSITY |
| Socrates | 2005 05-11 | BY ALL MEANS MARRY: IF YOU GET A GOOD WIFE, YOU'LL BECOME HAPPY; IF YOU GET A BAD ONE, YOU'LL BECOME A PHILOSOPHER. |
| Sis Ascher | 2005 03-27 | A SMALL TOWN IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS WHOSE CHECK IS GOOD AND WHOSE HUSBAND IS NOT. |
| Serbian Proverb | 2005 02-25 | GOOD DEEDS ARE THE BEST PRAYER. Noblaj agoj estas la plej bonaj pre}oj. |
| Samuel P. Ginder, US navy captain | 2005 11-23 | IF MORAL BEHAVIOR WERE SIMPLY FOLLOWING RULES, WE COULD PROGRAM A COMPUTER TO BE MORAL. |
| Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784) | 2005 10-20 | I NEVER DESIRE TO CONVERSE WITH A MAN WHO HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN HE HAS READ. |
| Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784) | 2005 05-22 | ALL ENVY WOULD BE EXTINGUISHED, IF IT WERE UNIVERSALLY KNOWN THAT THERE ARE NONE TO BE ENVIED. |
| Samuel James Ervin Jr., lawyer, judge, and senator (1896-1985) | 2005 12-20 | POLITICAL FREEDOM CANNOT EXIST IN ANY LAND WHERE RELIGION CONTROLS THE STATE, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CANNOT EXIST IN ANY LAND WHERE THE STATE CONTROLS RELIGION. |
| Samuel Butler, writer (1835-1902) | 2005 09-08 | BOOKS ARE LIKE IMPRISONED SOULS TILL SOMEONE TAKES THEM DOWN FROM A SHELF AND FREES THEM. |
| Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680) | 2005 12-21 | FOR BLOCKS ARE BETTER CLEFT WITH WEDGES, / THAN TOOLS OF SHARP OR SUBTLE EDGES, / AND DULLEST NONSENSE HAS BEEN FOUND / BY SOME TO BE THE MOST PROFOUND. |
| Saadi, poet (1184-1291) | 2005 11-04 | THE BELOVED OF THE ALMIGHTY ARE THE RICH WHO HAVE THE HUMILITY OF THE POOR, AND THE POOR WHO HAVE THE MAGNANIMITY OF THE RICH. |
| Rwandan Proverb | 2005 11-15 | YOU CAN OUT-DISTANCE THAT WHICH IS RUNNING AFTER YOU, BUT NOT WHAT IS RUNNING INSIDE YOU. |
| Russell Hoban, author (1925- ) | 2005 03-03 | IF A ZOO IS A PRISON FOR ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN SENTENCED WITHOUT TRIAL, IS AN ANIMAL TRAINER A WELCOME REPRIEVE OR YET ANOTHER BURDEN? Se besto}ardeno estas malliberejo por animaloj kiuj estis ju}itaj sen proceso, [u estas dresisto bonvena favoro aw ankoraw alia $ar}o? |
| Robertson Davies, writer (1913-1995) | 2005 04-02 | A TRULY GREAT BOOK SHOULD BE READ IN YOUTH, AGAIN IN MATURITY AND ONCE MORE IN OLD AGE, AS A FINE BUILDING SHOULD BE SEEN BY MORNING LIGHT, AT NOON AND BY MOONLIGHT. |
| Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894) | 2005 09-19 | I AM IN THE HABIT OF LOOKING NOT SO MUCH TO THE NATURE OF A GIFT AS TO THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT IS OFFERED. |
| Robert Heinlein | 2005 01-08 | LOVE IS THAT CONDITION IN WHICH THE HAPPINESS OF ANOTHER PERSON IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUR OWN. Amo estas tiu stato en kiu la feli[o de aliula estas (nepre) esenca por la via. |
| Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899) | 2005 09-12 | COURAGE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE IS A WILD BEAST. |
| Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963) | 2005 12-24 | POETRY IS WHEN AN EMOTION HAS FOUND ITS THOUGHT AND THE THOUGHT HAS FOUND WORDS. |
| Richard Francis Burton, explorer and writer (1821-1890) | 2005 07-11 | THE MORE I STUDY RELIGIONS THE MORE I AM CONVINCED THAT MAN NEVER WORSHIPPED ANYTHING BUT HIMSELF. |
| Rene Descartes, philosopher and mathematician (1596-1650 | 2005 02-28 | THE READING OF ALL GOOD BOOKS IS LIKE A CONVERSATION WITH THE FINEST MINDS OF PAST CENTURIES. La legado de libroj bonaj estas kiel konversacio kun la plej lertaj homoj de antawaj epokoj. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) | 2005 01-31 | A NATION, LIKE A TREE, DOES NOT THRIVE WELL TILL IT IS ENGRAFTED WITH A FOREIGN STOCK. Kiel arbo, nacio ne floras (prosperas) tre bone,krom se grefti}ita per fremda algrefta]o. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) | 2005 03-15 | EVERY MAN SUPPOSES HIMSELF NOT TO BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD OR APPRECIATED. [iu homo supozas sin ne tute komprenita aw valortaksita. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) | 2005 10-29 | THERE IS NO BEAUTIFIER OF COMPLEXION, OR FORM, OR BEHAVIOR, LIKE THE WISH TO SCATTER JOY AND NOT PAIN AROUND US. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) | 2005 06-10 | EACH MAN TAKES CARE THAT HIS NEIGHBOR SHALL NOT CHEAT HIM. BUT A DAY COMES WHEN HE BEGINS TO CARE THAT HE DOES NOT CHEAT HIS NEIGHBOR. THEN ALL GOES WELL -- HE HAS CHANGED HIS MARKET-CART INTO A CHARIOT OF THE SUN. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) | 2005 11-03 | A MAN FINDS ROOM IN THE FEW SQUARE INCHES OF THE FACE FOR THE TRAITS OF ALL HIS ANCESTORS; FOR THE EXPRESSION OF ALL HIS HISTORY, AND HIS WANTS. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) | 2005 08-03 | OTHER MEN ARE LENSES THROUGH WHICH WE READ OUR OWN MINDS. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 2005 10-13 | THE GREAT MAN IS HE WHO IN THE MIDST OF THE CROWD KEEPS WITH PERFECT SWEETNESS THE INDEPENDENCE OF SOLITUDE. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 2005 10-16 | IN SOLITUDE WE HEARD OUR OWN FOOTSTEPS WALKING INTO THE FUTURE. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 2005 02-21 | GREAT IS HE WHO IN THE MIDST OF THE CROWD KEEPS WITH PERFECT SWEETNESS THE INDEPENDENCE OF SOLITUDE. Brava estas tiu, kiu meze de la homamaso kun dol[egemo konservas la sendependecon de soleco. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 2005 10-14 | STRENGTH OF CHARACTER IS NURTURED BY TIME SPENT ALONE- AWAY FROM PRYING EYES. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 2005 10-15 | SOLITUDE IS FOR THOSE WITH AN AMPLE INTERIOR: WITH ROOM TO ROAM, WELL PROVIDED WITH SUPPLIES, AND IN NEED FOR A DAY OR TWO, EVERY SO OFTEN, TO MAKE THE JOURNEY. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 2005 03-01 | A PURPOSE IS THE ETERNAL CONDITION OF (ONGOING) SUCCESS. Celo estas la eterna postulo de sukcesado. |
| Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE) | 2005 03-09 | LET EARLY EDUCATION BE A SORT OF AMUSEMENT, YOU WILL THEN BETTER BE ABLE TO FIND OUT THE NATURAL BENT OF THE CHILD. Lasu malfrua edukado esti kvazaw amuzado; vi tiam pli bone malkovros la naturan emon de junulo. |
| Pietro Aretino, satirist and dramatist (492-1556) | 2005 11-14 | I AM, INDEED, A KING, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO RULE MYSELF. |
| Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996) | 2005 06-08 | A BIT BEYOND PERCEPTION'S REACH | I SOMETIMES BELIEVE I SEE | THAT LIFE IS TWO LOCKED BOXES | EACH CONTAINING THE OTHER'S KEY. |
| Phyllis Bottome | 2005 06-03 | THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF MEETING DIFFICULTIES, YOU ALTER THE DIFFICULTIES OR YOU ALTER YOURSELF TO MEET THEM. |
| Pericles, statesman (430 BCE) | 2005 06-18 | JUST BECAUSE YOU DO NOT TAKE AN INTEREST IN POLITICS DOESN'T MEAN POLITICS WON'T TAKE AN INTEREST IN YOU. |
| Pearl S. Buck, Nobelist novelist (1892-1973) | 2005 07-10 | OUR SOCIETY MUST MAKE IT RIGHT AND POSSIBLE FOR OLD PEOPLE NOT TO FEAR THE YOUNG OR BE DESERTED BY THEM, FOR THE TEST OF A CIVILIZATION IS THE WAY THAT IT CARES FOR ITS HELPLESS MEMBERS. |
| Paul Valery, poet and philosopher (1871-1945) | 2005 07-25 | THE FOLLY OF MISTAKING A PARADOX FOR A DISCOVERY, A METAPHOR FOR A PROOF, A TORRENT OF VERBIAGE FOR A SPRING OF CAPITAL TRUTHS, AND ONESELF FOR AN ORACLE, IS INBORN IN US. |
| Paul Dudley White, physician (1886-1973) | 2005 11-10 | A VIGOROUS FIVE-MILE WALK WILL DO MORE GOOD FOR AN UNHAPPY BUT OTHERWISE HEALTHY ADULT THAN ALL THE MEDICINE AND PSYCHOLOGY IN THE WORLD. |
| Pablo Casals, cellist, conductor, and composer (1876-1973) | 2005 10-06 | THE LOVE OF ONE'S COUNTRY IS A SPLENDID THING. BUT WHY SHOULD LOVE STOP AT THE BORDER. |
| P.D. James, writer (1920- ) | 2005 05-31 | WHAT A CHILD DOESN'T RECEIVE HE CAN SELDOM LATER GIVE. |
| Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900) | 2005 10-05 | MEN ALWAYS WANT TO BE A WOMAN'S FIRST LOVE - WOMEN LIKE TO BE A MAN'S LAST ROMANCE. |
| Oprah | 2005 03-02 | LUCK HAPPENS WHEN PREPARATION MEETS OPPORTUNITY. Bon$anco akazas kiam preparo renkontas oportunon. |
| On BEAUTY / pri BELECO by Dr. Stan Drake | 2005 09-27 | HOW BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE FEET OF HIM WHO BRINGS GOOD NEWS. (Isaiah 52:7) Kiel [armaj estas sur la montoj la piedoj de anoncanto de bonaj informoj. (Jesaja 52:7) 
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| On BEAUTY / pri BELECO by Dr. Stan Drake | 2005 09-22 | HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE MEEK WITH SALVATION. (Psalms 149:4) Li ornamos humilulojn per savo. (La Psalmaro 149:4)
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| On AMBITION / pri AMBICIO by Dr. Stan Drake | 2005 09-23 | HE THAT IS GREEDY OF GAIN TROUBLETH HIS OWN HOUSE. (Proverbs 15:27) Profitemulo mal}ojigas sian domon. (La Sentencoj de Salomono 15:27)
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| Ogden Nash, author (1902-1971) | 2005 11-19 | TO KEEP YOUR MARRIAGE BRIMMING: WHENEVER YOU'RE WRONG, ADMIT IT; WHENEVER YOU'RE RIGHT, SHUT UP. |
| Nrman Vincent Peal | 2005 08-09 | LET A SERIES OF HAPPY THOUGHTS RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND. THEY WILL SHOW ON YOUR FACE. |
| Norman Cousins, author and editor (1915-1990) | 2005 05-05 | LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE IN FORGIVENESS. |
| Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (1928- ) | 2005 11-01 | IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FOR PEOPLE WE DESPISE, WE DON'T BELIEVE IN IT AT ALL. |
| Naguib Mahfouz, writer (1911- ) | 2005 12-03 | YOU CAN TELL WHETHER A MAN IS CLEVER BY HIS ANSWERS. YOU CAN TELL WHETHER A MAN IS WISE BY HIS QUESTIONS. |
| Mother Teresa of Calcutta | 2005 03-17 | IF YOU JUDGE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NO TIME TO LOVE THEM. Dum vi homojn ju}as, vi ilin ja ne amas. |
| Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator and author (1902-2001) | 2005 01-02 | IN THE CASE OF GOOD BOOKS, THE POINT IS NOT HOW MANY OF THEM YOU CAN GET THROUGH, BUT RATHER HOW MANY CAN GET THROUGH TO YOU. |
| Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) | 2005 06-13 | GOD COMES TO THE HUNGRY IN THE FORM OF FOOD. |
| Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) | 2005 10-10 | NATURE CAN PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE; [SHE] CAN'T PROVIDE FOR THE GREED OF PEOPLE. |
| Mohammed | 2005 09-28 | KINDNESS IS THE MARK OF FAITH, AND WHOEVER HAS NOT KINDNESS HAS NOT FAITH. |
| Mike DeNeef | 2005 01-04 | WIN/WIN IS A BELIEF IN THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE. IT'S NOT "MY" WAY OR "YOUR" WAY, BUT A BETTER, HIGHER WAY. Gajn-gajno estas kredo je la tria alternativo. Ne estas pri mia aw via metodo, sed pri la plibona, plialta metodo. |
| Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936) | 2005 09-06 | MY AIM IS TO AGITATE AND DISTURB PEOPLE. I'M NOT SELLING BREAD, I'M SELLING YEAST. |
| Miguel de Cervantes, writer (1547-1616) | 2005 03-25 | TOO MUCH SANITY MAY BE MADNESS. AND MADDEST OF ALL, TO SEE LIFE AS IT IS AND NOT AS IT SHOULD BE! Tro multo da saneco eble estas frenezo. Kaj la plej freneza de tiuj, vidi vivon kiel ghi estas kaj ne kiel ghi estus. |
| Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616) | 2005 06-26 | HE WHO SINGS SCARES AWAY HIS WOES. |
| Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616) | 2005 08-23 | A PROVERB IS A SHORT SENTENCE BASED ON LONG EXPERIENCE. |
| Mignon McLaughlin, author (1915-) | 2005 11-16 | IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE LOYAL TO YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR COUNTRY, AND YOUR PRINCIPLES, ALL AT THE SAME TIME. |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (1475-1564) | 2005 05-18 | I SAW THE ANGEL IN THE MARBLE AND CARVED UNTIL I SET HIM FREE. |
| Michel De Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) | 2005 05-19 | HE WHO ESTABLISHES HIS ARGUMENT BY NOISE AND COMMAND, SHOWS THAT HIS REASON IS WEAK. |
| Matthew Henry, minister (1662-1714) | 2005 08-26 | I THANK THEE FIRST BECAUSE I WAS NEVER ROBBED BEFORE; SECOND, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY TOOK MY PURSE THEY DID NOT TAKE MY LIFE; THIRD, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY TOOK MY ALL, IT WAS NOT MUCH; AND FOURTH BECAUSE IT WAS I WHO WAS ROBBED, AND NOT I WHO ROBBED. |
| Marshall McLuhan, cultural historian and communications theorist (1911-1980) | 2005 04-07 | I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I SAY. |
| Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) | 2005 09-17 | SOMETIMES I WONDER WHETHER THE WORLD IS BEING RUN BY SMART PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING US ON OR BY IMBECILES WHO REALLY MEAN IT. |
| Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) | 2005 07-24 | A THING LONG EXPECTED TAKES THE FORM OF THE UNEXPECTED WHEN AT LAST IT COMES. |
| Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) | 2005 08-20 | PATRIOTISM IS SUPPORTING YOUR COUNTRY ALL THE TIME AND THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT DESERVES IT. |
| Mark Twain | 2005 05-13 | DON'T GO AROUND SAYING THE WORLD OWES YOU A LIVING. THE WORLD OWES YOU NOTHING. IT WAS HERE FIRST. |
| Mark Twain | 2005 05-10 | WHAT WOULD MEN BE WITHOUT WOMEN? SCARCE, SIR, MIGHTY SCARCE. |
| Mark Hayes,CTM | 2005 01-29 | THE EARLY BIRD MAY GET THE WORM, BUT IT IS THE SECOND MOUSE THAT GETS THE CHEESE. La frua birdo eble akiras la vermon, tamen, ja estas la dua muso, kiu akiras la froma}on. |
| Marilyn vos Savant, National Canoe Team Champion(s), 1988-2002 | 2005 01-12 | BEING DEFEATED IS A TEMPORARY CONDITION. GIVING UP IS WHAT MAKES IT PERMANENT. Esti venkita estas portempa stato. Cedado konstantigas }in.
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| Marianne Moore | 2005 01-13 | YOU ARE NOT FREE UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN MADE CAPTIVE BY SUPREME BELIEF. Oni ne liberi}as antaw ol oni estas kaptita per suverena kredo. |
| Marguerite Guardiner, writer (1789-1849) | 2005 06-30 | THERE ARE NO PERSONS CAPABLE OF STOOPING SO LOW AS THOSE WHO DESIRE TO RISE IN THE WORLD. |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer (106-43 BCE) | 2005 07-30 | THE WISE ARE INSTRUCTED BY REASON, AVERAGE MINDS BY EXPERIENCE, THE STUPID BY NECESSITY AND THE BRUTE BY INSTINCT. |
| Marcus Aurelius, philosopher (121-180) | 2005 10-23 | I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED HOW IT IS THAT EVERY MAN LOVES HIMSELF MORE THAN ALL THE REST OF MEN, BUT YET SETS LESS VALUE ON HIS OWN OPINION OF HIMSELF THAN ON THE OPINION OF OTHERS. |
| Malayan Proverb | 2005 05-21 | ONE CAN PAY BACK THE LOAN OF GOLD, BUT ONE DIES FOREVER IN DEBT TO THOSE WHO ARE KIND. |
| Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) | 2005 08-21 | IF YOU DON'T FIND GOD IN THE NEXT PERSON YOU MEET, IT IS A WASTE OF TIME LOOKING FOR HIM FURTHER. |
| Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) | 2005 07-27 | THE ONLY DEVILS IN THIS WORLD ARE THOSE RUNNING AROUND IN OUR OWN HEARTS, AND THAT IS WHERE ALL OUR BATTLES SHOULD BE FOUGHT. |
| Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) | 2005 10-01 | CULTURE OF THE MIND MUST BE SUBSERVIENT TO THE HEART. |
| Madame de Stael, writer (1766-1817) | 2005 12-26 | THE DESIRE OF THE MAN IS FOR THE WOMAN, BUT THE DESIRE OF THE WOMAN IS FOR THE DESIRE OF THE MAN. |
| Luther Burbank, horticulturist (1849-1926) | 2005 07-04 | IF WE HAD PAID NO MORE ATTENTION TO OUR PLANTS THAN WE HAVE TO OUR CHILDREN, WE WOULD NOW BE LIVING IN A JUNGLE OF WEED. |
| Lucille Ball | 2005 05-16 | THE SECRET OF STAYING YOUNG IS TO LIVE HONESTLY, EAT SLOWLY, AND LIE ABOUT YOUR AGE. |
| Luciano Pavarotti | 2005 02-18 | LEARNING MUSIC BY READING ABOUT IT IS LIKE MAKING LOVE BY MAIL. Lerni muzikon legante pri }i estas kiel amindumi po$te. |
| Louisa May Alcott | 2005 03-13 | THE GREAT CHARM OF ALL POWER IS MODESTY. La granda [armo de [ia povo estas modesto. |
| Louis Pasteur, chemist and bacteriologist (1822-1895) | 2005 02-26 | WHEN I APPROACH CHILDREN, THEY INSPIRE IN ME TWO SENTIMENTS: TENDERNESS FOR WHAT THEY ARE, AND RESPECT FOR WHAT THEY MAY BECOME. Kiam mi aliras infanojn, ili inspiras en mi du sentojn: delikateco pro tio, kio ili estas, kaj respekto pro tio, kio ili eble esti}os. |
| Louis Nizer, lawyer (1902-1994) | 2005 07-03 | A MAN WHO WORKS WITH HIS HANDS IS A LABORER; A MAN WHO WORKS WITH HIS HANDS AND HIS BRAIN IS A CRAFTSMAN; BUT A MAN WHO WORKS WITH HIS HANDS AND HIS BRAIN AND HIS HEART IS AN ARTIST. |
| Louis Nizer, lawyer (1902-1994) | 2005 11-26 | TRUE RELIGION IS THE LIFE WE LEAD, NOT THE CREED WE PROFESS. |
| Louis Kronenberger, writer (1904-1980) | 2005 02-11 | NOTHING SO SOOTHES OUR VANITY AS A DISPLAY OF GREATER VANITY IN OTHERS; IT MAKES US VAIN, IN FACT, OF OUR MODESTY. |
| Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824) | 2005 06-04 | IT IS IN SOLITUDE, THAT WE ARE LEAST ALONE. |
| Lord Alfred Tennyson | 2005 09-26 | THERE LIVES MORE FAITH IN HONEST DOUBT THAN IN HALF THE CREEDS. |
| Lord Acton, historian (1834-1902) | 2005 08-18 | EVERYTHING SECRET DEGENERATES, EVEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; NOTHING IS SAFE THAT DOES NOT SHOW HOW IT CAN BEAR DISCUSSION AND PUBLICITY. |
| Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946) | 2005 10-25 | WHAT I LIKE IN A GOOD AUTHOR ISN'T WHAT HE SAYS, BUT WHAT HE WHISPERS. |
| Libbie Fudim | 2005 01-05 | RECALL IT AS OFTEN AS YOU WISH; A HAPPY MEMORY NEVER WEARS OUT. }in rememorigu tiom ofte kiom vi volas; feli[a memoro neniam foruzi}as. |
| Lester Pearson | 2005 01-22 | TO DESERVE SUCCESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TO ACHIEVE IT. Meriti sukceson estas pli grava ol atingi {in. |
| Leroy Brownlow | 2005 04-04 | THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SILENCE HAS THE LOUDEST VOICE. |
| Lebanese proverb | 2005 12-19 | LOWER YOUR VOICE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR ARGUMENT. |
| Lane Olinghouse | 2005 03-18 | THOSE WHO FLEE TEMPTATION GENERALLY LEAVE A FORWARDING ADDRESS. Tiuj, kiuj fu}as de tento, }enerale postlasas plusendan adreson. |
| Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (1893-1990) | 2005 11-27 | ILLNESS IS IN PART WHAT THE WORLD HAS DONE TO A VICTIM, BUT IN A LARGER PART IT IS WHAT THE VICTIM HAS DONE WITH HIS WORLD. |
| Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931) | 2005 10-30 | FORGET NOT THAT THE EARTH DELIGHTS TO FEEL YOUR BARE FEET AND THE WINDS LONG TO PLAY WITH YOUR HAIR. |
| Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140) | 2005 07-17 | THIS IS HIS FIRST PUNISHMENT, THAT BY THE VERDICT OF HIS OWN HEART NO GUILTY MAN IS ACQUITTED. |
| Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910) | 2005 03-14 | LOVE IS LIKE AN HOURGLASS, WITH THE HEART FILLING UP AS THE BRAIN EMPTIES. Amo similas sablohorlo}o, [ar la koro ja pleni}as dum la cerbo malplenas. |
| Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910) | 2005 11-29 | AS I GROW TO UNDERSTAND LIFE LESS AND LESS, I LEARN TO LIVE IT MORE AND MORE. |
| Joshua Reynolds, painter (1723-1792) | 2005 09-05 | THE MIND IS BUT A BARREN SOIL; A SOIL WHICH IS SOON EXHAUSTED, AND WILL PRODUCE NO CROP, OR ONLY ONE, UNLESS IT BE CONTINUALLY FERTILIZED AND ENRICHED WITH FOREIGN MATTER. |
| Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824) | 2005 12-17 | QUESTIONS SHOW THE MIND'S RANGE, AND ANSWERS ITS SUBTLETY. |
| Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824) | 2005 05-04 | THE AIM OF AN ARGUMENT OR DISCUSSION SHOULD NOT BE VICTORY, BUT PROGRESS. |
| Jose Narosky, writer | 2005 09-18 | IN WAR, THERE ARE NO UNWOUNDED SOLDIERS. |
| Jorge Luis Borges, writer (1899-1986) | 2005 10-17 | TO FALL IN LOVE IS TO CREATE A RELIGION THAT HAS A FALLIBLE GOD. |
| John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (1806-1873) | 2005 12-10 | IN THIS AGE, THE MERE EXAMPLE OF NONCONFORMITY, THE MERE REFUSAL TO BEND THE KNEE TO CUSTOM, IS ITSELF A SERVICE. |
| John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (1806-1873) | 2005 12-12 | A PERSON MAY CAUSE EVIL TO OTHERS NOT ONLY BY HIS ACTIONS BUT BY HIS INACTION, AND IN EITHER CASE HE IS JUSTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THEM FOR THE INJURY. |
| John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) | 2005 12-14 | IDEAS ARE LIKE RABBITS. YOU GET A COUPLE AND LEARN HOW TO HANDLE THEM, AND PRETTY SOON YOU HAVE A DOZEN. |
| John P. Lougbrane | 2005 03-04 | IT IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH, NOT OF WEAKNESS, TO ADMIT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. |
| John Morley, statesman and writer (1838-1923) | 2005 09-21 | WHERE IT IS A DUTY TO WORSHIP THE SUN, IT IS PRETTY SURE TO BE A CRIME TO EXAMINE THE LAWS OF HEAT. |
| John Morley, statesman and writer (1838-1923) | 2005 05-30 | YOU HAVE NOT CONVERTED A MAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE SILENCED HIM. |
| John Milton, poet (1608-1674) | 2005 11-20 | THOSE WHO PUT OUT THE PEOPLE'S EYES, REPROACH THEM FOR THEIR BLINDNESS. |
| John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704) | 2005 12-02 | TO LOVE TRUTH FOR TRUTH'S SAKE IS THE PRINCIPAL PART OF HUMAN PERFECTION IN THIS WORLD, AND THE SEED-PLOT OF ALL OTHER VIRTUES. |
| John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (1917-1963) | 2005 04-10 | IF WE MAKE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE, WE MAKE VIOLENT REVOLUTION INEVITABLE. Se ni ne ebligas paceman revolucion, ni neeviteble ebligas violentan. |
| John F. Kennedy | 2005 09-09 | AS WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE, WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT THE HIGHEST APPRECIATION IS NOT TO UTTER WORDS, BUT TO LIVE BY THEM. |
| John F. Kennedy | 2005 02-07 | LET US NEVER NEGOTIATE FROM FEAR AND NEVER FEAR TO NEGOTIATE. Neniam intertraktu el timo, kaj neniam timu intertrakti. |
| John Churton Collins, literary critic (1848-1908) | 2005 07-18 | IF WE ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR OUR VICES, WHY SHOULD WE COMPLAIN IF WE ARE NOT REWARDED FOR OUR VIRTUES? |
| John Arbuthnot, writer and physician (1667-1735) | 2005 08-14 | ALL POLITICAL PARTIES DIE AT LAST OF SWALLOWING THEIR OWN LIES. |
| John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826) | 2005 08-28 | THE ONLY MAXIM OF A FREE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE TO TRUST NO MAN LIVING WITH POWER TO ENDANGER THE PUBLIC LIBERTY. |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832) | 2005 10-12 | TOO MANY PARENTS MAKE LIFE HARD FOR THEIR CHILDREN BY TRYING, TOO ZEALOUSLY, TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM. |
| Joe Plumeri | 2005 01-15 | COMMITMENT IS THE DAILY TRIUMPH OF INTEGRITY OVER SKEPTICISM. Devontigeco estas la [iutaga triumfo de honesteco super skeptikismo. |
| Jesse Jackson, clergyman and civil rights leader (1941- ) | 2005 08-06 | YOUR CHILDREN NEED YOUR PRESENCE MORE THAN YOUR PRESENTS. |
| Jean-Paul Sartre, writer and philosopher (1905-1980) | 2005 06-20 | ONCE YOU HEAR THE DETAILS OF VICTORY, IT IS HARD TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM A DEFEAT. |
| Jane Sellman | 2005 07-21 | THE PHRASE "WORKING MOTHER" IS REDUNDANT. |
| Jan I. Wells | 2005 03-31 | NO ONE BENEATH YOU CAN OFFEND YOU; NO ONE YOUR EQUAL WOULD. |
| James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961) | 2005 03-19 | ALL HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD TRY TO LEARN BEFORE THEY DIE WHAT THEY ARE RUNNING FROM, AND TO, AND WHY. Antaw ili mortas, homoj klopodus lerni pri tio, kiu ili iras de kaj al kaj kial. |
| James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891) | 2005 12-09 | A SNEER IS THE WEAPON OF THE WEAK. |
| James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891) | 2005 07-16 | A GRASS-BLADE'S NO EASIER TO MAKE THAN AN OAK. |
| James Matthew Barrie | 2005 01-18 | NOTHING IS REALLY WORK UNLESS YOU WOULD RATHER BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE. Efektive, nenio estas laboro, escepte se vi preferus fari ion alian. |
| James Earl Jones, actor (1931- ) | 2005 07-07 | ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN LIFE IS HAVING WORDS IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN'T UTTER. |
| J. B. Massien | 2005 01-09 | GRATITUDE IS THE MEMORY OF THE HEART. Dankemo estas la memoro de la koro. |
| Ivern Ball | 2005 03-26 | A SMALL TOWN IS A PLACE WHERE THERE IS LITTLE TO SEE OR DO, BUT WHAT YOU HEAR MAKES UP FOR IT. |
| Iroquois Nation Maxim | 2005 11-25 | IN OUR EVERY DELIBERATION, WE MUST CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF OUR DECISIONS ON THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS. |
| Immanuel Kant, philosopher (1724-1804) | 2005 07-08 | WE CAN JUDGE THE HEART OF A MAN BY HIS TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. |
| Immanuel Kant, philosopher (1724-1804) | 2005 11-30 | SCIENCE IS ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE. WISDOM IS ORGANIZED LIFE. |
| Immanuel Kant, philosopher (1724-1804) | 2005 07-28 | WAR IS AN EVIL IN AS MUCH AS IT PRODUCES MORE WICKED MEN THAN IT TAKES AWAY. |
| Imbesi's Law of Conservation of Filth | 2005 04-12 | IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING TO BECOME CLEAN, SOMETHING ELSE MUST BECOME DIRTY. Se io esti}i pura, io alio esti}i malpura. |
| Hosea Ballou, preacher (1771-1852) | 2005 11-08 | NEVER LET YOUR ZEAL OUTRUN YOUR CHARITY. THE FORMER IS BUT HUMAN, THE LATTER IS DIVINE. |
| Horace, poet and satirist (65-8 BCE) | 2005 03-21 | HE WILL ALWAYS BE A SLAVE WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO LIVE UPON A LITTLE. |
| Honore de Balzac, novelist (1799-1850) | 2005 05-25 | WHEN WOMEN LOVE US, THEY FORGIVE US EVERYTHING, EVEN OUR CRIMES; WHEN THEY DO NOT LOVE US, THEY GIVE US CREDIT FOR NOTHING, NOT EVEN OUR VIRTUES. |
| Honore de Balzac, novelist (1799-1850) | 2005 12-18 | VOCATIONS WHICH WE WANTED TO PURSUE, BUT DIDN'T, BLEED, LIKE COLORS, ON THE WHOLE OF OUR EXISTENCE. |
| Hippocrates, physician (460-c.377 BCE) | 2005 06-12 | TO DO NOTHING IS SOMETIMES A GOOD REMEDY. |
| Herbert Henry Asquith | 2005 05-15 | YOUTH WOULD BE AN IDEAL STATE IF IT CAME A LITTLE LATER IN LIFE. |
| Henry Winkler, actor (1945- ) | 2005 04-03 | ASSUMPTIONS ARE THE TERMITES OF RELATIONSHIPS. |
| Henry Ward Beecher | 2005 03-29 | A PERSON WITHOUT A SENSE OF HUMOR IS LIKE A WAGON WITHOUT SPRINGS--JOLTED BY EVERY PEBBLE IN THE ROAD. |
| Henry Mencken | 2005 01-21 | CONSCIENCE IS THE VOICE THAT WARNS US SOMEBODY MAY BE LOOKING. Konscienco estas la vo[o kiu avertas nin, ke iu eble rigardantas. |
| Henry Lytton Bulwer, diplomat and author (1801-1872) | 2005 12-15 | A TIMID QUESTION WILL ALWAYS RECEIVE A CONFIDENT ANSWER. |
| Henry Haskins | 2005 04-05 | THE TIME TO STOP TALKING IS WHEN THE OTHER PERSON NODS HIS HEAD AFFIRMATIVELY BUT SAYS NOTHING. |
| Henry Ford | 2005 01-01 | WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? I TELL YOU WHO YOUR BEST FRIEND IS; IT'S THE ONE WHO BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN YOU. Kiu estas via plej bona amiko? Ja estas tiu, kiu rivelas de vi la plej bonan. |
| Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862) | 2005 12-28 | THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT THAT WAS EVER PAID ME WAS WHEN ONE ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT, AND ATTENDED TO MY ANSWER. |
| Henny Youngman, comedian, actor (1906-1998) | 2005 06-21 | I ONCE WANTED TO BECOME AN ATHEIST, BUT I GAVE UP - THEY HAVE NO HOLIDAYS. |
| Harry S. Truman, 33rd US president (1884-1972) | 2005 11-22 | WHEREVER YOU HAVE AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT YOU HAVE A DICTATORSHIP. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (1811-1896) | 2005 12-30 | THE BITTEREST TEARS SHED OVER GRAVES ARE FOR WORDS LEFT UNSAID AND DEEDS LEFT UNDONE. |
| Harper Lee, writer (1926- ) | 2005 12-08 | YOU NEVER REALLY UNDERSTAND A PERSON UNTIL YOU CONSIDER THINGS FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW. |
| Hans Hofmann, painter (1880-1966) | 2005 11-13 | THE ABILITY TO SIMPLIFY MEANS TO ELIMINATE THE UNNECESSARY SO THAT THE NECESSARY MAY SPEAK. |
| H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956) | 2005 09-15 | WHENEVER 'A' ATTEMPTS BY LAW TO IMPOSE HIS MORAL STANDARDS UPON 'B', 'A' IS MOST LIKELY A SCOUNDREL. |
| Graham Greene, novelist and journalist (1904-1991) | 2005 11-09 | HERESY IS ONLY ANOTHER WORD FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. |
| Graham Green, author | 2005 01-17 | IF YOU HAVE ABANDONED ONE FAITH, DO NOT ABANDON ALL FAITH. THERE IS ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE FAITH ONE LOSES. Kvankam vi forlasis iun fidon, ne forlasu [iun. Ja estas alternativo por [iu fido kion oni perdas. |
| German proverb | 2005 08-27 | A GREAT WAR LEAVES THE COUNTRY WITH THREE ARMIES: AN ARMY OF CRIPPLES, AN ARMY OF MOURNERS, AND AN ARMY OF THIEVES. |
| George Smith Patton, 1885-1945 | 2005 03-06 | COURAGE IS FEAR HOLDING ON A MINUTE LONGER. Kura}o similas timo, sed tenas iomete pli longe. |
| George Sheehan | 2005 06-28 | SWEAT CLEANSES FROM THE INSIDE. IT COMES FROM PLACES A SHOWER WILL NEVER REACH. |
| George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952) | 2005 09-07 | THERE ARE BOOKS IN WHICH THE FOOTNOTES OR COMMENTS SCRAWLED BY SOME READER'S HAND IN THE MARGIN ARE MORE INTERESTING THAT THE TEXT. THE WORLD IS ONE OF THESE BOOKS. |
| George Orwell, writer (1903-1950) | 2005 10-07 | THE GREAT ENEMY OF CLEAR LANGUAGE IS INSINCERITY. |
| George Orwell, writer (1903-1950) | 2005 09-16 | DURING TIMES OF UNIVERSAL DECEIT, TELLING THE TRUTH BECOMES A REVOLUTIONARY ACT. |
| George Lichtenberg | 2005 03-30 | MAN LOVES COMPANY-- EVEN IF IT IS ONLY THAT OF A BURNING CANDLE. |
| George H. Lorimer, editor (1868-1937) | 2005 12-04 | IT'S GOOD TO HAVE MONEY AND THE THINGS THAT MONEY CAN BUY, BUT IT'S GOOD, TOO, TO CHECK UP ONCE IN A WHILE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVEN'T LOST THE THINGS THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY. |
| George D. Aiken, US senator (1892-1984) | 2005 07-12 | 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 Burns | 2005 05-08 | THE SECRET OF A GOOD SERMON IS TO HAVE A GOOD BEGINNING AND A GOOD ENDING AND HAVING THE TWO AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE. |
| George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950) | 2005 08-31 | BETTER KEEP YOURSELF CLEAN AND BRIGHT; YOU ARE THE WINDOW THROUGH WHICH YOU MUST SEE THE WORLD. Tenu vin pura kaj hela; vi ja estas la fenestro tra kiu vi devos vidi la mondon. |
| George Bernard Shaw | 2005 01-19 | LIFE (on earth) IS A FLAME THAT IS ALWAYS BURNING ITSELF OUT, BUT IT CATCHES FIRE AGAIN EVERY TIME A CHILD IS BORN. Vivo (surtera) estas flamo kiu [iam forbruli}as, sed reflami}as kiam naski}as infano.
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| Gandi | 2005 02-03 | FAITH IS NOTHING BUT A LIVING, WIDE AWAKE CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD WITHIN. Fido estas nenio krom viva, vigla konscio de Dio interne. |
| Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642) | 2005 02-27 | I DO NOT FEEL OBLIGED TO BELIEVE THAT THE SAME GOD WHO HAS ENDOWED US WITH SENSE, REASON, AND INTELLECT, HAS INTENDED US TO FORGO THEIR USE. Mi ne estas devigita kredi, ke la sama Dio, kiu dotis nin per senco, rezono, kaj intelekto, intencis ke ni ne uzu ilin. |
| G. K. Chesterton, essayist and novelist (1874-1936) | 2005 12-01 | THERE IS A ROAD FROM THE EYE TO THE HEART THAT DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE INTELLECT. |
| From Prof. Kay Allen | 2005 08-11 | REMEMBER, ALMOST EVERYONE SEEM NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM. |
| From Eugene Jackson | 2005 09-02 | TO WILL AND NOT TO DO WHEN THERE IS OPPORTUNITY IS IN REALITY NOT TO WILL; AND TO LOVE WHAT IS GOOD AND NOT TO DO IT, WHEN IT IS POSSIBLE, IS IN REALITY NOT TO LOVE IT. |
| From Elizabeth Hall | 2005 10-27 | A TEACHER AFFECTS ETERNITY, HE CAN NEVER TELL WHERE HIS INFLUENCE STOPS. |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) | 2005 02-01 | AND THOSE WHO WERE SEEN DANCING WERE THOUGHT TO BE INSANE BY THOSE WHO COULD NOT HEAR THE MUSIC. Kaj tiuj, kiujn oni vidis danci, estis konsiderita frenezaj de tiuj, kiuj ne awdis la muzikon. |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) | 2005 06-29 | DISTRUST ALL IN WHOM THE IMPULSE TO PUNISH IS POWERFUL. |
| Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) | 2005 11-06 | THE SUREST WAY TO CORRUPT A YOUTH IS TO INSTRUCT HIM TO HOLD IN HIGHER ESTEEM THOSE WHO THINK ALIKE THAN THOSE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY. |
| Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) | 2005 12-29 | INSANITY IN INDIVIDUALS IS SOMETHING RARE - BUT IN GROUPS, PARTIES, NATIONS AND EPOCHS, IT IS THE RULE. |
| Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) | 2005 10-22 | I CANNOT BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO WANTS TO BE PRAISED ALL THE TIME. |
| French proverb | 2005 10-26 | THERE IS NO PILLOW SO SOFT AS A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. |
| Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor and orator (1817-1895) | 2005 07-20 | THOSE WHO PROFESS TO FAVOR FREEDOM AND YET DEPRECATE AGITATION, ARE MEN WHO WANT CROPS WITHOUT PLOWING THE GROUND. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945) | 2005 08-13 | I ASK YOU TO JUDGE ME BY THE ENEMIES I HAVE MADE. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2005 02-09 | THE ONLY LIMIT TO OUR REALIZATION OF TOMORROW WILL BE OUR DOUBT OF TODAY. LET US MOVE FORWARD WITH STRONG AND ACTIVE FAITH. La sola limo pri nia konscio pri morgaw estos nia dubo de hodiaw. Lasu nin movi antawen per forta kaj aktiva fido. |
| Frank William Leahy, football coach (1908-1973) | 2005 09-03 | EGOTISM IS THE ANESTHETIC THAT DULLS THE PAIN OF STUPIDITY. |
| Frank Dane | 2005 07-22 | NEVER VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE, VOTE FOR THE ONE WHO WILL DO THE LEAST HARM. |
| Francoise Mallet Joris | 2005 09-29 | POSSESSING FAITH IS NOT CONVENIENT, YOU STILL HAVE TO LIVE IT. |
| Francois de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680) | 2005 11-21 | IN THEIR EARLY PASSIONS WOMEN ARE IN LOVE WITH THE LOVER, LATER THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH LOVE. |
| Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) | 2005 08-16 | IF A MAN WILL BEGIN WITH CERTAINTIES, HE SHALL END IN DOUBTS; BUT IF HE WILL BE CONTENT TO BEGIN WITH DOUBTS, HE SHALL END IN CERTAINTIES. |
| Francis Bacon's dictum | 2005 07-01 | TRUTH EMERGES MORE READILY FROM ERROR THAN FROM CONFUSION. |
| Flannery O'Connor, writer (1925-1964) | 2005 12-11 | TRUTH DOES NOT CHANGE ACCORDING TO OUR ABILITY TO STOMACH IT. |
| Ernest Hemingway, author and journalist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961) | 2005 02-15 | HAPPINESS IN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IS THE RAREST THING I KNOW. Felicheco ene de inteligentaj homoj estas la plej malabunda kvalito kiun mi scias. |
| Eric Pio, poet | 2005 04-06 | A BOOK IS A STORY FOR THE MIND. A SONG IS A STORY FOR THE SOUL. |
| Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983) | 2005 06-02 | ABSOLUTE FAITH CORRUPTS AS ABSOLUTELY AS ABSOLUTE POWER. |
| Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983) | 2005 06-17 | IN A TIME OF DRASTIC CHANGE IT IS THE LEARNERS WHO INHERIT THE FUTURE. THE LEARNED USUALLY FIND THEMSELVES EQUIPPED TO LIVE IN A WORLD THAT NO LONGER EXISTS. |
| Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983) | 2005 12-05 | A MAN IS LIKELY TO MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS WHEN IT IS WORTH MINDING. WHEN IT IS NOT, HE TAKES HIS MIND OFF HIS OWN MEANINGLESS AFFAIRS BY MINDING OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. |
| Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983) | 2005 03-10 | THERE WOULD BE NO SOCIETY IF LIVING TOGETHER DEPENDED UPON UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER. Estus ne socio, se kunvivo dependus de interkompreno. |
| English proverb | 2005 12-16 | A QUIET CONSCIENCE SLEEPS IN THUNDER. |
| Emo Phillips, comedian, actor (1956- ) | 2005 10-19 | I USED TO THINK THAT THE BRAIN WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL ORGAN IN MY BODY. THEN I REALIZED WHO WAS TELLING ME THIS. |
| Emile Herzog, writer (1885-1967) | 2005 06-05 | IF MEN COULD REGARD THE EVENTS OF THEIR OWN LIVES WITH MORE OPEN MINDS, THEY WOULD FREQUENTLY DISCOVER THAT THEY DID NOT REALLY DESIRE THE THINGS THEY FAILED TO OBTAIN. |
| Emile Chartier, philosopher (1868-1951) | 2005 10-03 | NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN AN IDEA WHEN IT'S THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE. |
| Elizabeth Charles, writer (1828-1896) | 2005 10-09 | TO KNOW HOW TO SAY WHAT OTHERS ONLY KNOW HOW TO THINK IS WHAT MAKES MEN POETS OR SAGES; AND TO DARE TO SAY WHAT OTHERS ONLY DARE TO THINK MAKES MEN MARTYRS OR REFORMERS - OR BOTH. |
| Elie Wiesel | 2005 09-30 | THE OPPOSITE OF FAITH IS NOT HERESY, IT'S INDIFFERENCE. |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) | 2005 04-08 | TREES ARE NOT KNOWN BY THEIR LEAVES, NOR EVEN BY THEIR BLOSSOMS, BUT BY THEIR FRUITS. |
| Edward De Bono, consultant, writer, and speaker (1933- ) | 2005 07-29 | MANY HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ARE POOR THINKERS. MANY PEOPLE OF AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE ARE SKILLED THINKERS. THE POWER OF THE CAR IS SEPARATE FROM THE WAY THE CAR IS DRIVEN. |
| Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797) | 2005 11-12 | THE PEOPLE NEVER GIVE UP THEIR LIBERTIES, BUT UNDER SOME DELUSION. |
| Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797) | 2005 12-27 | TO READ WITHOUT REFLECTING IS LIKE EATING WITHOUT DIGESTING. |
| E.B. White, writer (1899-1985) | 2005 08-07 | THE BEST WRITING IS REWRITING. |
| Dr. Charles Fisher | 2005 04-01 | DREAMING PERMITS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO BE SAFELY INSANE EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK. |
| Don Marquis, humorist and poet (1878-1937) | 2005 12-31 | AN IDEA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN IT. |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian (1906-1945) | 2005 08-15 | THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A MORAL SOCIETY IS THE KIND OF WORLD THAT IT LEAVES TO ITS CHILDREN. |
| David Dunham | 2005 05-07 | EFFICIENCY IS INTELLIGENT LAZINESS. |
| Dave Barry, author and columnist (1947- ) | 2005 12-07 | PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SHARE THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWS WITH YOU ALMOST NEVER WANT YOU TO SHARE YOURS WITH THEM. |
| Dalai Lama | 2005 06-06 | THERE IS NO NEED FOR TEMPLES, NO NEED FOR COMPLICATED PHILOSOPHY. OUR OWN BRAIN, OUR OWN HEART IS OUR TEMPLE; THE PHILOSOPHY IS KINDNESS. |
| Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-1974) | 2005 12-22 | LITERATURE IS THE ART OF WRITING SOMETHING THAT WILL BE READ TWICE; JOURNALISM WHAT WILL BE GRASPED AT ONCE. |
| Cullen Hightower, salesman and writer (1923- ) | 2005 03-22 | A TRUE MEASURE OF YOUR WORTH INCLUDES ALL THE BENEFITS OTHERS HAVE GAINED FROM YOUR SUCCESSES. Vera mezuro de via valoro inkludas chiuj de la benajhojn aliaj gajnis de viaj sukcesoj. |
| Corporate & Clubs | 2005 01-20 | BE REPLACEABLE; IF YOU ARE NOT REPLACEABLE, YOU CAN'T BE PROMOTED. Estu anstatawebla; se vi ne estas anstatawebla, vi ne povas esti promociata. |
| Confucius (c. 551-479? BC) | 2005 03-28 | HE WHO WISHES TO SECURE THE GOOD OF OTHERS HAS ALREADY SECURED HIS OWN. |
| Chinese proverb | 2005 11-28 | A DIAMOND WITH A FLAW IS BETTER THAN A COMMON STONE THAT IS PERFECT. |
| Chinese proverb | 2005 12-13 | LEARNING IS WEIGHTLESS, A TREASURE YOU CAN ALWAYS CARRY EASILY. |
| Chinese proverb | 2005 07-26 | A BIT OF PERFUME ALWAYS CLINGS TO THE HAND THAT GIVES THE ROSE. |
| Chinese proverb | 2005 06-16 | IF YOU ARE PLANNING FOR ONE YEAR, GROW RICE. IF YOU ARE PLANNING FOR 20 YEARS, GROW TREES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING FOR CENTURIES, GROW MEN. |
| Chinese proverb | 2005 10-18 | THE MAN WHO STRIKES FIRST ADMITS THAT HIS IDEAS HAVE GIVEN OUT. |
| Chinese proverb | 2005 02-19 | WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY TWO COINS LEFT IN THE WORLD, BUY A LOAF OF BREAD WITH ONE AND A LILY WITH THE OTHER. Se via sola posedo konsistas el du dolaroj, a[etu panon per unu, kaj lilion per la alia. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-28 | WHEN YOU LOSE, DON'T LOSE THE LESSON. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-24 | TALK SLOWLY BUT THINK QUICKLY. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-14 | MARRY A MAN/WOMAN YOU LOVE TO TALK TO. AS YOU GET OLDER, THEIR CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS WILL BE AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER. Edzi}u iun, kun kiu vi $atas paroli. [ar, kiam vi maljuni{as, lia/$ia sperto por parxoladi estos tiel grava, kiel io alia. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-29 | REMEMBER THE THREE R'S: RESPECT FOR SELF; RESPECT FOR OTHERS, AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL YOUR ACTIONS. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-25 | WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU A QUESTION YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER, SMILE AND ASK, "WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?” |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-13 | GIVE PEOPLE MORE THAN THEY EXPECT AND DO IT CHEERFULLY. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-23 | DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR RELATIVES. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-17 | WHEN YOU SAY, "I'M SORRY," LOOK THE PERSON IN THE EYE. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-26 | REMEMBER THAT GREAT LOVE AND GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS INVOLVE GREAT RISK. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-30 | Don't Let A Little Dispute Injure A Great Friendship. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 05-02 | SMILE WHEN PICKING UP THE PHONE. THE CALLER WILL HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-19 | BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-16 | WHEN YOU SAY, "I LOVE YOU," MEAN IT. Kiam vi diras, "Mi amas vin," estu sincerema. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-20 | NEVER LAUGH AT ANYONE'S DREAMS. PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE DREAMS DON'T HAVE MUCH. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-22 | IN DISAGREEMENTS, FIGHT FAIRLY. PLEASE NO NAME CALLING. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 05-01 | WHEN YOU REALIZE YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE, TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO CORRECT IT. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-27 | SAY "BLESS YOU" WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEONE SNEEZE. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-18 | BE ENGAGED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 05-03 | SPEND SOME TIME ALONE. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-15 | DON'T BELIEVE ALL YOU HEAR, SPEND ALL YOU HAVE, OR SLEEP ALL YOU WANT. Ne kredu [iun, kiun vi awdas, elspezu [iun, kiun vi havas, au dormu tiel multe, kiel vi volas. |
| Chinese Tantra Totem, by Ch.Umar.Amjad.Ghural | 2005 04-21 | LOVE DEEPLY AND PASSIONATELY. YOU MIGHT GET HURT, BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE LIFE COMPLETELY. |
| Chinese Proverb | 2005 03-24 | A CLOSED MIND IS LIKE A CLOSED BOOK: JUST A BLOCK OF WOOD. |
| Chinese Proverb | 2005 03-16 | WE CANNOT KNOW THE VALUE OF WATER UNTIL THE WELL RUNS DRY. Ni ne povas scii la valoron de akvo antaw la puto elseki}as. |
| Cherokee proverb | 2005 03-05 | BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO CAN GIVE WITHOUT REMEMBERING AND TAKE WITHOUT FORGETTING. Benataj estas tiuj, kiuj povas doni sen memori kaj preni sen forgesi. |
| Charlotte Whitton | 2005 05-12 | WHATEVER WOMEN DO THEY MUST DO TWICE AS WELL AS MEN TO BE THOUGHT HALF AS GOOD. LUCKILY, THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT. |
| Charles Schulz, cartoonist (1922-2000) | 2005 06-09 | LIFE IS LIKE A TEN-SPEED BIKE. MOST OF US HAVE GEARS WE NEVER USE. |
| Charles Evans Hughes, jurist (1862-1948) | 2005 05-28 | A MAN HAS TO LIVE WITH HIMSELF, AND HE SHOULD SEE TO IT THAT HE ALWAYS HAS GOOD COMPANY. |
| Charles Dudley Warner, editor and author (1829-1900) | 2005 08-12 | SIMPLICITY IS MAKING THE JOURNEY OF THIS LIFE WITH JUST BAGGAGE ENOUGH. |
| Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (1809-1882) | 2005 07-23 | IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST OF THE SPECIES THAT SURVIVE, NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT, BUT THE ONE MOST RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE. |
| Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE) | 2005 11-11 | GRASP THE SUBJECT, THE WORDS WILL FOLLOW. |
| Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996) | 2005 06-11 | IN SCIENCE IT OFTEN HAPPENS THAT SCIENTISTS SAY, "YOU KNOW THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ARGUMENT; MY POSITION IS MISTAKEN," AND THEN THEY WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND YOU NEVER HEAR THAT OLD VIEW FROM THEM AGAIN. . . . I CANNOT RECALL THE LAST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED IN POLITICS OR RELIGION. |
| Carl Sagan, astronomer and author (1934-1996) | 2005 08-22 | EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE. |
| Carl Jung, psychiatrist (1875-1961) | 2005 06-01 | THE MEETING OF TWO PERSONALITIES IS LIKE THE CONTACT OF TWO CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES: IF THERE IS ANY REACTION, BOTH ARE TRANSFORMED. |
| Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) | 2005 04-11 | IF YOU GIVE ME SIX LINES WRITTEN BY THE MOST HONEST MAN, I WILL FIND SOMETHING IN THEM TO HANG HIM. Se vi donas al mi ses frazojn skribitaj far la plej honesta homo, mi inter ilin trovos ion, per kiu mi povas lin pendumi. |
| Brasington's Ninth Law: | 2005 05-06 | A CARELESSLY PLANNED PROJECT TAKES THREE TIMES LONGER TO COMPLETE THAN EXPECTED; A CAREFULLY PLANNED ONE WILL TAKE ONLY TWICE AS LONG. |
| Billy Frye | 2005 08-01 | I BELIEVE THAT A SELF-RIGHTEOUS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE WITH A CAUSE IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN A HELL'S ANGEL WITH AN ATTITUDE. |
| Billy Frye | 2005 02-02 | TO BUILD INTELLECT, TRY SOMETHING NEW, ASK PEOPLE FOR ANSWERS, EVALUATE, SAVE INFO. Por konstrui intelekton, provu ion novan, petu spertajn respodojn, taksu, kroniku informojn. |
| Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) | 2005 02-22 | LAWS TOO GENTLE ARE SELDOM OBEYED; TOO SEVERE, SELDOM EXECUTED. |
| Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) | 2005 12-23 | DON'T JUDGE MEN'S WEALTH OR GODLINESS BY THEIR SUNDAY APPEARANCE. |
| Baruch Spinoza, philosopher (1632-1677) | 2005 11-24 | THE MOST TYRANNICAL OF GOVERNMENTS ARE THOSE WHICH MAKE CRIMES OF OPINIONS, FOR EVERYONE HAS AN INALIENABLE RIGHT TO HIS THOUGHTS. |
| Author unknown | 2005 01-11 | HOLDING A GRUDGE IS LIKE TAKING POISON AND THEN EXPECTING SOMEONE ELSE TO DIE. Rankoro similas al ingesti venenon kaj poste atendi ke iu alia mortos. |
| Author unknown | 2005 02-20 | THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY ISN'T ALWAYS GOOD, ANY MORE THAN ITS OPINIONS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. La volo de la popolo estas nek [iam bona, nek [iam prava. |
| Author unknown | 2005 02-13 | FAITH IS NOT BELIEF WITHOUT PROOF, BUT TRUST WITHOUT RESERVATION. Fido estas ne kredo sen pruvo, sed konfido sen dubo. |
| Author unknown | 2005 01-10 | NOTHING GREAT WILL EVER BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT GREAT MEN, AND MEN ARE GREAT ONLY IF THEY ARE DETERMINED TO BE SO. Nenio nobla povas esti atingita sen noblaj homoj, kaj homoj estas noblaj nur se ili nepre volas esti tia. |
| Auguste Rodin, sculptor (1840-1917) | 2005 09-01 | PATIENCE IS ALSO A FORM OF ACTION. |
| Artur Schnabel, pianist (1882-1951) | 2005 06-27 | THE NOTES I HANDLE NO BETTER THAN MANY PIANISTS. BUT THE PAUSES BETWEEN THE NOTES -- AH, THAT IS WHERE THE ART RESIDES. |
| Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860) | 2005 10-08 | THE CLOSING YEARS OF LIFE ARE LIKE THE END OF A MASQUERADE PARTY, WHEN THE MASKS ARE DROPPED. |
| Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860) | 2005 08-17 | THE FIRST FORTY YEARS OF LIFE GIVE US THE TEXT; THE NEXT THIRTY SUPPLY THE COMMENTARY ON IT. |
| Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (1859-1930) | 2005 02-24 | IT IS A CAPITAL MISTAKE TO THEORIZE BEFORE ONE HAS DATA. INSENSIBLY ONE BEGINS TO TWIST FACTS TO SUIT THEORIES, INSTEAD OF THEORIES TO SUIT FACTS. |
| Antonio Porchia, writer (1886-1968) | 2005 08-24 | I KNOW WHAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED. |
| Anton Chekhov, short-story writer and dramatist 1860-1904) | 2005 01-03 | IF YOU WANT TO WORK ON YOUR ART, WORK ON YOUR LIFE. |
| Anais Nin, writer (1903-1977) | 2005 03-23 | THE SECRET OF JOY IS THE MASTERY OF PAIN. La sekreto de ghojo estas la mastrecado de doloro. |
| Anais Nin, author (1903-1977) | 2005 02-08 | THROW YOUR DREAMS INTO SPACE LIKE A KITE, AND YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WILL BRING BACK, A NEW LIFE, A NEW FRIEND, A NEW LOVE, OR A NEW COUNTRY. |
| Amschel Mayer Rothschild, banker (1743-1812) | 2005 05-23 | PERMIT ME TO ISSUE AND CONTROL THE MONEY OF A NATION, AND I CARE NOT WHO MAKES ITS LAWS. |
| Ambrose Bierce, writer (1842-1914) | 2005 07-19 | EDIBLE, ADJ.: GOOD TO EAT, AND WHOLESOME TO DIGEST, AS A WORM TO A TOAD, A TOAD TO A SNAKE, A SNAKE TO A PIG, A PIG TO A MAN, AND A MAN TO A WORM. |
| Amar Gopal Bose, electrical engineer, inventor, founder Bose Corp. (1929- ) | 2005 08-19 | NO ONE EVER EVER WON A CHESS GAME BY BETTING ON EACH MOVE. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MOVE BACKWARD TO GET A STEP FORWARD. |
| Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet (1809-1892) | 2005 11-17 | KNOWLEDGE COMES, BUT WISDOM LINGERS. |
| Alexis de Tocqueville | 2005 01-07 | AMERICA IS GREAT BECAUSE AMERICA IS GOOD; IF SHE EVER CEASES TO BE GOOD, SHE WILL CEASE TO BE GREAT. Americo estas grandiosa [ar Americo estas bonkora; se $i iam [esas esti bonkora, $i [esos esti grandiosa. |
| Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744) | 2005 07-15 | A MAN SHOULD NEVER BE ASHAMED TO OWN HE HAS BEEN IN THE WRONG, WHICH IS BUT SAYING, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT HE IS WISER TODAY THAN HE WAS YESTERDAY. |
| Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847-1922) | 2005 10-24 | WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES ANOTHER DOOR OPENS; BUT WE SO OFTEN LOOK SO LONG AND SO REGRETFULLY UPON THE CLOSED DOOR, THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE ONES WHICH OPEN FOR US. |
| Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963) | 2005 03-08 | MAYBE THIS WORLD IS ANOTHER PLANET'S HELL. [i tiu mondo eble estas la inferno de alia. |
| Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963) | 2005 02-10 | SEVERAL EXCUSES ARE ALWAYS LESS CONVINCING THAN ONE. |
| Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (1875-1965) | 2005 09-20 | SUCCESS IS NOT THE KEY TO HAPPINESS. HAPPINESS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. |
| Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1913-1960) | 2005 09-04 | I LOVE MY COUNTRY TOO MUCH TO BE A NATIONALIST. |
| Albert Camus | 2005 01-25 | BUT WHAT IS HAPPINESS EXCEPT THE SIMPLE HARMONY BETWEEN ME AND THE LIFE I LEAD. Sed kio estas feli[eco krom la simpla akordo inter mi kaj mia viva]oj. |
| Alan Kay, inventor (1940- ) | 2005 05-29 | THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO INVENT IT. |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1809-1865) | 2005 03-12 | I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THAT MERCY BEARS RICHER FRUITS THAN STRICT JUSTICE. Mi [iam konstatis, ke kompato fruktas pli ol strikta justo. |
| Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist (1918- ) | 2005 09-10 | IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO TURN OUT WELL, SPEND TWICE AS MUCH TIME WITH THEM, AND HALF AS MUCH MONEY. |
| Abigail Van Buren | 2005 01-27 | WHILE FORBIDDEN FRUIT IS SAID TO TASTE SWEETER, IT USUALLY SPOILS FASTER. Malpermesita frukto eble gustas pli dol[a, sed kutime }i difekti}as pli rapide. |
| A.I.G. | 2005 01-16 | THE GREATEST RISK IS NOT TAKING ONE. La plej granda risko estas ne preni riskon. |
| ? | 2005 10-04 | THE MAN WHO NEVER MAKES A MISTAKE ALWAYS TAKES ORDERS FROM ONE WHO DOES. |
| ? | 2005 06-24 | THE DIFFICULTY WITH MARRIAGE IS THAT WE FALL IN LOVE WITH A PERSONALITY, BUT MUST LIVE WITH A CHARACTER. |
| ? | 2005 06-23 | SOME STUDENTS DRINK AT THE FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE. OTHERS JUST GARGLE. |
| ? | 2005 06-25 | THEY THAT ENVY OTHERS ARE THEIR INFERIORS. |
| ? | 2005 09-13 | GOALS DETERMINE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE. |
| ? | 2005 06-22 | CHANCE IS THE PSEUDONYM GOD USES WHEN HE DOES NOT WANT TO SIGN HIS NAME. |
| ? | 2005 03-11 | USE IT OR LOSE IT. Uzu aw perdu. |
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