Poems List

Sophie Scholl

“An end in terror is

“An end in terror is preferable to terror without end.”

154

Sophie Scholl

“And I could weep at

“And I could weep at how mean people are and how they betray their fellow creatures, perhaps for the sake of personal advantage. It is enough to make a person lose heart sometimes. I often wish I lived on a Robinson Crusoe island.”

176

Tenzin Gyatso

We need to learn how

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness

33

Tenzin Gyatso

Sometimes one creates a dynamic

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

28

Alan Beckwith

Some day I'll find out

Some day I'll find out what I want to do when I grow up.

31

Jim Broadbent

I love French films, and

I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that.

24

Will Durant

Education is a progressive discovery

Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

96

Will Durant

The trouble with most people

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes, rather than their minds.

84

Will Durant

Never mind your happiness; do

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

95

Will Durant

Tired mothers find that spanking

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

77

Will Durant

Woe to him who teaches

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

95

Will Durant

Nothing is new except arrangement.

Nothing is new except arrangement.

85

Will Durant

It may be true that

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

76

Ilse Luise Ledermann-Citroen

My little Barbara, we will

My little Barbara, we will see each other again.

105

Karl Kraus

The esthete stands in the

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.

21

Ilse Luise Ledermann-Citroen

My darling, we are about

My darling, we are about to depart on our first long journey in a long time.

94

Karl Kraus

Language is the mother of

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

31

Karl Kraus

The world has become uglier

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day; so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original.

31

Karl Kraus

Morality is a venereal disease.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

35

Karl Kraus

He who sleeps half a

He who sleeps half a day has won half a life.

22

Karl Kraus

Journalist: a person without any

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

18

Karl Kraus

An aphorism can never be

An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half.

15

Karl Kraus

Adults who still derive childlike

Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.

22

Karl Kraus

It is the style of

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.

21