Editor's picks

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Character develops itself in the stream of life.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

— Indira Gandhi

“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”

— Indira Gandhi

“Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Great hopes make great men.”

— Thomas Fuller

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

— Thomas Fuller

“It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.”

— Anatole France

“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”

— Anatole France

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

— Anatole France

“History develops, art stands still.”

— Edward Morgan Forster

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

— Edward Morgan Forster

“Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.”

— Edward Morgan Forster

“To measure the man, measure his heart.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“When you cease to dream you cease to live.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“Failure is success if we learn from it.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”

— William Claude Dukenfield

“To know nothing is the happiest life.”

— Desiderius Erasmus

“Prevention is better than cure.”

— Desiderius Erasmus

“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”

— Desiderius Erasmus

“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”

— Desiderius Erasmus

“There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.”

— Albert Ellis

“There are many victories worse than a defeat.”

— George Eliot

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.”

— George Eliot

“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.”

— George Eliot