main menu
video
music
ebook
flash
medical
message board
the candles  holder
  1. What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
    U.S. poet and essayist.
    Fortune of the Republic

     

  2. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
    U.S. poet and essayist.
    Essays, "Circles"
     
  3. The difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a bit longer.

    Anonymous
    Inscription on the SeaBees memorial.

  4. We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

     
    William Hazlitt   (1778 - 1830)
    British essayist and critic.
    Sketches and Essays, "On Prejudice

     

  5. How many roads must a man walk down
    Before you call him a man?

    Bob Dylan (1941 - )
    U.S. singer and songwriter. Song lyric.
    "Blowin' in the Wind"

     
  6. When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

     Attributed to Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736 - 1813)
    French mathematician and astronomer.
     

  7. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

     
    Oscar Wilde   (1854 - 1900)
    Irish poet, playwright, and wit.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

     

  8. A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

    Martin H. Fischer (1879 - 1962)
    German-born U.S. physician and author

     
  9. A good surgeon operates with his hand, not with his heart.
    Attributed to Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)
    French novelist and dramatist.


     
  10. Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.

    Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)
    Russian playwright and short-story writer.
    Ivanov

     
  11. The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty—not marble floors and foundations.

    Martin H. Fischer (1879 - 1962)
    German-born U.S. physician and author.

     
  12. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
    U.S. poet and essayist.
    Essays, Second Series, "New England Reformers

     
  13. Nothing can be created out of nothing.

    Lucretius (94? BC - 55? BC)
    Roman philosopher and poet.
    De Rerum Natura

     
  14. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

    Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
    Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist.
    Analects

     
  15. A genius! For thirty-seven years I've practiced fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius.

     Attributed to Pablo Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
    Spanish violinist and composer.On being hailed as a genius by a critic.


     
  16. God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer."Convince" here means "refute."
    Essays, "Of Atheism"

     
  17. The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
    U.S. poet and essayist.
    The Conduct of Life, "Worship"

     
  18. The world is made of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

    Jacob Bronowski (1908 - 1974)
    Polish-born British mathematician, poet, and humanist.
    The Face of Violence

     
  19. Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
    U.S. writer and humorist.
    Pudd'nhead Wilson, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

     
  20. You find in solitude only what you take to it.

    Juan Ram?n Jiménez (1881 - 1958)
    Spanish poet.
    Selected Writings

     
  21. A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

    Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
    Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist.
    Analects

     
  22. Failing is good as long as it doesn't become a habit.

    Michael Eisner (1942 - )
    U.S. entertainment executive.
    Speech

     
  23. The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

    Thomas Szasz (1920 - )
    Hungarian-born U.S. psychiatrist.
    The Second Sin, "Personal Conduct"

     
  24. Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer.
    Apothegms

     
  25. I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.

    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)
    U.S. writer.
    "The Crack-Up"

     
  26. Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer.
    Essays, "Of Friendship"

     
  27. I now want to know all things under the sun, and the moon, too. For all things are beautiful in themselves, and become more beautiful when known to man. Knowledge is Life with wings.

    Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
    Lebanese-born U.S. mystic, painter, and poet.

     
  28. Specialist—A man who knows more and more about less and less.

    William J. Mayo (1861 - 1939)
    U.S. physician.Also attributed to Nicholas Butler.
    Modern Hospital

     
  29. Any attempt to directly conceive death or the nothingness of existence is by nature bound to fail.

    Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
    French philosopher, playwright, and novelist.
    The Psychology of Imagination

     
  30. Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
    U.S. poet and essayist.
    Journals

     
  31. I think, therefore I am.

    René Descartes (1596 - 1650)
    French philosopher and mathematician.
    Discourse on Method

     
  32. All colors will agree in the dark.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer.
    Essays, "Of Unity in Religion    "

     
  33. If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer.
    The Advancement of Learning

     
  34. If you think you can or think you can't ,you're probably right.

     Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
    U.S. car manufacturer.

     
  35. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
    Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
    Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist.
    Analects

     
  36. Solitude is the playfield of Satan.

    Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
    Russian-born U.S. novelist, poet, and critic.
    Pale Fire

     
  37. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer.
    Essays, "Of Ceremonies and Respects"

     
  38. They gave me star treatment because I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.
    Bob Marley (1945 - 1981)
    Jamaican musician, singer, and songwriter.
    The Radio Times (London)

     
  39. As sickness is the greatest misery so the greatest misery of sickness is solitude. Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.

    John Donne (1572? - 1631)
    English metaphysical poet and divine.

     
  40. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

    Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
    Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist.
    Analects

     
  41. For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

    Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
    English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer.
    The Advancement of Learning

     
  42. The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
    U.S. poet and essayist.
    English Traits, "Race"



    -------------------------------------------------------------
     
biography
my phylosophy
my opinion
poetry
quotations
my research
triple x
street team
newsletter