Favorite Quotes

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?” by Rabbi Hillel “Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.” by Rabbi Hillel "Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. " by Aristotle "Happiness depends upon ourselves." by Aristotle "Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity." by Socrates "You must be the change you want to see in the world." by Mahatma Gandhi "Respect yourself and others will respect you." by Confucius "Be great in act, as you have been in thought." by William Shakespeare "Known Truth is Obeyed Truth" by Plato “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” by Plato "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live" "Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be. " "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." "Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise." "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." "First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth." "It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed." "It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united." "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." "Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean." "One always has time enough, if one will apply it well." "Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture." "The deed is everything, the glory is naught." all of the above are lines by Goethe Ok. enough of serious quotes. Here are some of my favorite fun ones. As Goethe said "Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable." "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. " by Thomas Jefferson "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." by Mark Twain "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges "Total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. " by Saint Augustine "If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor." Albert Einstein "I am not young enough to know everything." by Oscar Wilde "Invest first, investigate later" by George Soros It is always good to make the following caveat: "I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good." by Seneca