Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

"It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night."-Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

"The most wasted day of all is that during which we have not laughed."-Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

"What I learned I no longer know; the little I still know, I guessed."-Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

"Once we have resolved only to see those who will treat us morally and virtuously, reasonably and truthfully, without treating conventions, vanities and ceremonials as anything other than props of polite society, we will have to live more or less on our own."-Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

"Most anthologists of quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters; first picking the best ones and winding up by eating everything."-Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort, Maxims, 1825

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being."-Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago

"Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."-Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Chuang Tzu Quotes

"The torch of doubt and chaos is what the sage steers by."-Chuang Tzu

Albert Einstein Quotes

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."- Albert Einstein

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."- Albert Einstein

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."- Albert Einstein

"As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue."- Albert Einstein

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."– Albert Einstein

"No, this trick won't work… how on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a phenomenon as first love?"– Albert Einstein