quotes of day Monday, July 6, 2026

“Real wisdom is simple. Living life rightly does not have to be a complicated challenge.”

“The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.”

“By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.”

“Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.”

“Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.”

“Nothing is true, but that which is simple.”

“We can invent as many theories we like, and any one of them can be made to fit the facts. But that theory is always preferred which makes the fewest number of assumptions.”

“If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.”

“I look at my own bodyWith eyes no longer blind-And I see that my own hands can makeThe world that's in my mind.”

“The guy says, "When you work where I work, by the time you get home, it's late. You've got to have a bite to eat, watch a little TV, relax and get to bed. You can't sit up half the night planning, planning, planning." And he's the same guy who is behind on his car payment!”

“For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms... out of that he should create fair thoughts; and soon he will of himself perceive that the beauty of one form is akin to the beauty of another, and that beauty in every form is one and the same.”

“Nobody understands how hard it is, being a captain.”

“As property, honestly obtained, is best secured by an equality of rights, so ill-gotten property depends for protection on a monopoly of rights. He who has robbed another of his property, will next endeavor to disarm him of his rights, to secure that property; for when the robber becomes the legislator he believes himself secure.”