Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his high...
If you claim to have understood a reality, you must only do so after putting that reality into practice in your own life.
Hanbali Sunni Muslim preacher, orator, ascetic, mystic, sayyid, faqih, and theologian who was known for bein...
Lightning makes no sound until it strike
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil righ...
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much
Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's ...
We are not makers of history, We are made by history
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil righ...
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats
French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, es...
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing
American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, print...
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be
Roman emperor from 8 March 161 to 17 March 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers tradit...
