Archive for May, 2007

Albert Camus on Age

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

- Albert Camus

Jean Paul Richter on Nature

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

- Jean Paul Richter

James Stockdale on History

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

- James Stockdale

Friedrich Nietzsche on Wisdom

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Antonio Porchia on Nature

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.

- Antonio Porchia

Joseph Campbell on Dreams & Dreaming

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

- Joseph Campbell

Peter F. Drucker on Business

Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money.

- Peter F. Drucker

Al Capp on Jobs & Working

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

- Al Capp

John Burroughs on Life

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

- John Burroughs

Robert Brault on Friendship

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

- Robert Brault