quotes of day Tuesday, August 18, 2026

“The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity”

“It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.”

“Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and has always held other slaves in bondage under him in one way or another. In our day, he is always some man's slave for wages, and does that man's work; and this slave has other slaves under him for minor wages, and they do his work. The higher animals are the only ones who exclusively do their own work and provide their own living.”

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

“We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.”

“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.”

“Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.”

“The Past, the Future, O dear, is from you; you should regard both these as one.”

“The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.”

“What is the definition of procrastination? It means: I can feel within my Energy sensor that this action is not in perfect alignment at this time.”

“In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it.”

“I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.”

“The more horses you yoke the quicker everything will go - not the rending of the block from its foundation, which is impossible, but the snapping of the traces and with that the gay and empty journey.”