William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (in office in 1841)
Letter to Simón Bolívar (27 September 1829). Quoted in The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services (Philadelphia, PA: Grigg & Elliot, 1840)
“There is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind.”
Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
TED Talk: Mind-Shifting Everest Swim, July 2010 http://www.ted.com/talks/lewis_pugh_s_mind_shifting_mt_everest_swim.html <br class="br">Speaking & Features
“The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.”
Agatha Christie book Sad Cypress
Source: Sad Cypress
“Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) Chancellor of West Germany 1974-1982
im Gespräch mit Hans Küng über den Weltethos, 2007, YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S4KhE6nzzQ#t=5m8s
Michael Singer (1945) American landscape architect
Source: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.”
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, Writer and Author
“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet
Le peintre de la vie moderne (1863), III: “L’artiste, homme du monde, homme des foules et enfant”
Variant: Genius is nothing but youth recaptured.
Source: The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
