“It’s lots better to be miserable than to be bored.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Podkayne of Mars
Source: Podkayne of Mars (1963), Chapter 8 (p. 94)
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“There’s more to life than drugs and sex.”
Michael Moorcock The Cornelius Quartet
The Cornelius Quartet, The Condition of Muzak (1977)
Variant: There’s more than life to drugs and sex. It’s better than nothing.
Source: Harlequin Invisible: or, the Emperor of China’s Court (p. 761)
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
Acts 20:35b
New Testament, Acts of the Apostles
“There is no greater tyranny than that of social custom.”
Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) English fiction writer
The Dean's Watch (1960), Chapter 10.1
“No! is always easier to say than Yes.”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)
A Testament (1957)
“There is nothing more exhilarating than understanding.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“The trivial travels faster than the profound.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“What's more American than violence?”
Edward Abbey book The Monkey Wrench Gang
Hayduke wanted to know. "Violence, it's as American as pizza pie.
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)
“...a difficult dialogue is better than no dialogue.”
Massimo Introvigne (1955) Italian philosopher
"International Religious Freedom Summit’s Aftermath: Battle Over Ukraine" https://bitterwinter.org/international-religious-freedom-summits-aftermath-battle-over-ukraine/
“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“Hitting a child is worse than murder!”
Irving Fiske (1908–1990) American writer
Source: Spoken to parents hitting their children by Irving whenever he saw it. Also spoken in most of the talks he gave on psychological transcendence and awareness. It probably appears in one of the books or magazines with pieces on Q. Hill and Irving Fiske, but I will need to look for it.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934) Hungarian American psychologist
Source: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
