“I, Hipparchia chose not the tasks of rich-robed woman, but the manly life of the Cynic. Brooch-clasped tunics, well-clad shoes, and...

"No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same." -Viktor...

"Not one tower does my country have, not one roof, But for home and city, the entire earth lies at my disposition for a dwelling."...

"Out of sorrow, entire worlds have been built Out of longing great wonders have been willed." - Nick Cave It's safe to say that after the...

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to...

"What improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconvenience to the whole. No society can surely be...

“There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.” -Metropolis In 1890 Fritz Lang was born...

"If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert." -Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho was a famous...

"There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist" -Charles Rennie MacKintosh Mackintosh was a Scottish...

“As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and...

"You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the...

"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley" Translation- "The best-laid plans of mice and men Often go wrong" -Robert Burns...

"You think your pain and heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." - James Baldwin It isn't...

“If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.” -Musonius Rufus...

“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.” – Confucius Confucius was a Chinese philosopher and...