Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.”
Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden
Source: Black Blood
Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden
Source: Black Blood
“All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.”
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"The Crow and the Scarecrow", The New Yorker (date unknown); Further Fables for Our Time (1956). This is derived from Oscar Wilde's statement "All men kill the thing they love..."
From Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time
“The Republic is a dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.”
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor
"Washington Monument by Night" in Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
Variant: Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Source: The Complete Poems
“Nothing is going to change unless you first change”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 73
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 1, p. 1 (the opening paragraph of the book)
“intelligence is intuitive
you needn't learn to love
unless you've been taught
to fear and hate”
Saul Williams (1972) American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor
Source: , said the shotgun to the head.