A few of my favorites from Oscar Wilde (I love that man almost as much as he loved succulent young men)
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Some from Ghandi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
I think it would be a good idea.
-when asked what he thought of Western civilization
Groucho Marx
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
and Richard Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
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