quotes of day Saturday, September 5, 2026

“He's gone, and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors”

“We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six persons immediately around us is enough to amuse and satisfy us.”

“When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”

“Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.”

“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.”

“Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.”

“Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle that they need to overcome or get away from. With awareness, an inner sense of spaciousness arises that enables you to look at your own mind, which is to say the human mind, with a certain degree of detachment.”

“If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.”

“I was never a pipe or bong man. That's California stuff. I was an Eastern roller.”

“Art speaks only to the mind, whereas nature speaks to all the faculties.”

“Everything in nature acts in conformity with law.”

“Don't ask for life to be easy. Ask for it to be worth it.”

“I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.”

“The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.”

“A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.”