Life

"There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to." -Michel de Montaigne

Small Change

"A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud." -George Santayana

Happiness

"A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted." -George Santayana

Small Change

"A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud." -George Santayana

Agriculture

"With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine." -Bertrand Russell

Emotional

"When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself." -Bertrand Russell

Education

"We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought." -Bertrand Russell

Teach

"To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it." -Bertrand Russell

Secret

"The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile." -Bertrand Russell

History

"The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history." -Bertrand Russell

Father

"The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them." -Bertrand Russell

Concept

"Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood." -Soren Kierkegaard

Appreciate

"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." -William James

Success

"Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results." -William James

Opportunity

"No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better." -William James

Making Different

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

The Great

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Time

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

START WHERE YOU ARE

Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater. "It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn." -Plato

Try Again

When the world says, ‘Give up’, Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.

Everything You Want.

You can have everything you want in life if you just help enough people get what they want in life.