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Henry David ThoreauIt is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
Nelson MandelaLearning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardour and attended to with diligence.
Abigail AdamsA capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
Abraham LincolnMelody and harmony should be simply tools in the hands of the artist, with which he creates music.
Giuseppe VerdiI set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read.
Frederick DouglassMusic must never offend the ear, even in most horrendous situations, but must always be pleasing.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartTreat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Chief JosephGive me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
ArchimedesWe will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances.
William ShakespeareWe are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lower teeth.
Marcus AureliusChange your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
Victor HugoDo not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
ErasmusNothing is finer for the purposes of great productions than a very gradual ripening of the intellectual powers.
John KeatsThe way is long if one follows precepts, but short and helpful, if one follows patterns.
SenecaWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.
Louisa May AlcottOnly after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
ConfuciusIt will be finished when I shall have done all that I believe required to satisfy Art.
MichelangeloConstant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.
CiceroThe typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one.'
C.S. LewisA violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature.
Lao TzuThe sun gives spirit and life to plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.
Leonardo da VinciThe hills are like shouts of children who raise their arms, trying to catch stars.
Rabindranath TagoreStrength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma GandhiNo good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.
José RizalAs to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.
HippocratesFiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
Robert Louis StevensonNo one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.
Charles DickensAmong individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.
Benito JuárezSometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.
Robert SchumannBeauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever.
John MuirPlato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — but my greatest friend is truth.
Isaac NewtonNo thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
EpictetusReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Francis BaconWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
AristotleIn the sciences the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
Galileo GalileiTo live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar WildeWonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
PlatoMy friends are my 'estate.' Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.
Emily DickinsonDo not merely practice your art, but force your way into its secrets.
Ludwig van BeethovenIn critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
AesopHe who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
ZhuangziThere is only one enduring happiness in life — to live for others.
Leo TolstoyThere is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
Leonard CohenVery early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
Margaret FullerOne stone cannot support a cooking pot; three are required.Swahili proverbLearning proceeds until death and only then does it stop.
Xun ZiEvery day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Matsuo BashōWe shall unite. We have learned the meaning of Unity.
Cesar ChavezThere have never been people who know but do not act.
Wang YangmingReading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.
Joseph AddisonA boat stalls when each person rows independently.Swahili proverbHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Friedrich NietzscheFew things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Samuel JohnsonMusic is the universal language of mankind.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhere words fail, sounds can often speak.
Hans Christian AndersenAn unexamined life is not worth living.
SocratesI never make the same mistake twice.
L.M. MontgomeryBut let us take care of our garden.
VoltaireThe pen is mightier than the sword.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonDrops of water hollow out a stone.
OvidBooks, the children of the brain.
Jonathan SwiftFiction is Truth's elder sister.
Rudyard KiplingTwo heads are better than one.English proverbThose who trust us educate us.
George EliotNot all who wander are lost.
J.R.R. TolkienMany hands make light work.English proverbTell the world the facts.
Ida B. WellsBooks think for me.
Charles LambAlways be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Judy GarlandA painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
Leopold StokowskiA single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.Chinese proverbA good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.Irish proverbI did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
Rosa ParksHowever far a stream flows, it never forgets its source.Yoruba proverbThe wound is the place where the light enters you.
RumiIn the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
Sun TzuWhen spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.Ethiopian proverbI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzIt takes a village to raise a child.African proverbTruth is powerful and it prevails.
Sojourner TruthPatience is the key to relief.Arabic proverbIn wildness is the preservation of the world.Henry David ThoreauI desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.Abigail AdamsDetermine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.Abraham LincolnI would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.Frederick DouglassMelody is the essence of music.Wolfgang Amadeus MozartOf all lines which have the same extremities the straight line is the least.ArchimedesEvery genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun.Ralph Waldo EmersonThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.William ShakespeareGive thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.Marcus AureliusMusic expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.Victor HugoIf Poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all.John KeatsNothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself.SenecaIt takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.Louisa May AlcottLearning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.ConfuciusThe more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.MichelangeloLearning is a kind of natural food for the mind.CiceroHe who devotes himself to learning seeks from day to day to increase his knowledge.Lao TzuWisdom is the daughter of experience.Leonardo da VinciTiny grass, your steps are small, but you possess the earth under your tread.Rabindranath TagoreNon-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.Mahatma GandhiTake nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.Charles DickensNature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.John MuirThe greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor.Aristotle'Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.Oscar WildeRhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.PlatoIt is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.AesopThe strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.Leo TolstoyA man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.Samuel JohnsonThe best is the enemy of the good.VoltaireThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.Abigail AdamsThe way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can.Abraham LincolnEureka! I have found it!ArchimedesWrite it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.Ralph Waldo EmersonThe quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.William ShakespeareLook round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them.Marcus AureliusIt is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset.Victor HugoI was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.John KeatsMen who have made these discoveries before us are not our masters, but our guides.SenecaIs it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?ConfuciusThe highest excellence is like water.Lao TzuClouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.Rabindranath TagoreEarth provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not for every man's greed.Mahatma GandhiNature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.Charles DickensIn every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.John MuirThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.AristotleWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar WildeUnion gives strength.AesopCommon sense is not so common.VoltaireGreat necessities call out great virtues.Abigail AdamsThe better part of one's life consists of his friendships.Abraham LincolnThe creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.Ralph Waldo EmersonMen exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then, or bear with them.Marcus AureliusWhatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.Victor HugoMany have original minds who do not think it — they are led away by custom.John KeatsNo good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it.SenecaIf you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.ConfuciusNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.Lao TzuThe bird thinks it is an act of kindness to give the fish a lift in the air.Rabindranath TagoreNever be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel.Charles DickensEvery tree calls for special admiration.John MuirNature makes nothing in vain.AristotleSlow and steady wins the race.AesopThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything.VoltaireLeave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.Abraham LincolnThe imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.Ralph Waldo EmersonThe best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer.Marcus AureliusPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.Victor HugoA thing of beauty is a joy forever.John KeatsHe is a great man who uses earthenware dishes as if they were silver; but he is equally great who uses silver as if it were earthenware.SenecaWhat you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.ConfuciusThe pet dog suspects the universe for scheming to take its place.Rabindranath TagoreWe need never be ashamed of our tears.Charles DickensKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.AristotleAll styles are good except the boring kind.VoltaireThe only way to have a friend is to be one.Ralph Waldo EmersonWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.Marcus AureliusIt is equally faulty to trust everyone and to trust no one.SenecaBy three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection; second, by imitation; third, by experience.ConfuciusYou can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.Rabindranath TagoreLove truth, but pardon error.VoltaireKnowledge is the antidote to fear.Ralph Waldo EmersonNever let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.Marcus AureliusIt is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.SenecaIt does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.ConfuciusHitch your wagon to a star.Ralph Waldo EmersonYou have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.Marcus AureliusFor sometimes it is an act of bravery even to live.SenecaStudy the past if you would define the future.ConfuciusWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.SenecaAll art is but imitation of nature.SenecaMen learn while they teach.Seneca
