Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837) <br class="br">Context: Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
“A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.”
- Chinese proverb”
Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) American writer
“Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.”
Tom Robbins Skinny Legs and All
Source: Skinny Legs and All
“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.”
Hans Christian Andersen book The Story of a Mother
Fairy Tales (1835)
Source: The Story of a Mother
“Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”
Will Self (1961) English writer and journalist
“We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.”
Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist
Source: One Hundred Names
“I love you Ender. More than ever. No matter what you decide.”
Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game
Source: Ender's Game
“Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it.”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
Source: Kavanagh: A Tale (1849), Chapter 30.
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) novelist
Source: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 6.
Context: It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. Some of us can't: and are proud of our impotence, too.
“Hurt is a weapon. Better weapon than most because it doesn't look like one.”
Deb Caletti (1963) American writer
Source: Stay
“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: Tender is the Night
“Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.”
Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Priest and author
“How unhappy does one have to be before living seems worse than dying?”
Deborah Curtis book Touching from a Distance
Source: Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
