Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
Search Quotes Search Sages Search Chapters

Search Quotes

Enter all or part of an Author's name, a Source, or a Quote in the fields below, then press tab or enter to filter the list of Quotes. Click the headings Author, Source, or Quote to sort by that column. Diacritics are ignored when searching.

Click on the author's name to view the author's page, or the source name to view the source's page.

Showing 1-20 of 14,041 items.
SageSourceQuote
(not set)

change is not only possible but inevitable—Being connected means we change one another,,, We can direct that change in positive, productive ways.

(not set)

The Muslim world is utterly deranged by its religious tribalism…The idea that Islam is a 'peaceful religion hijacked by extremists' is a dangerous fantasy—the dogmatic commitment to using violence to defend one’s faith, both from within and without to varying degrees, is a central Islamic doctrine

(not set)

The ideology of Judaism remains a lightning rod for intolerance to this day… Judaism is as intrinsically divisive, as ridiculous in its literalism, and as at odds with the civilizing insights of modernity as any other religion.

(not set)

Catholicism is a ghoulish machinery set to whirling through the ages by the opposing winds of shame and sadism that has spent two millennia demonizing human sexuality to a degree unmatched by any other institution. Its forced celibacy attracts pedophiles, and its opposition to the use of contraception increases poverty, shorter lifespans, and the proliferation of HIV/AIDS.

(not set)

Islam, as it is currently understood and practiced by vast numbers of the world's Muslims, is antithetical to civil society.

(not set)

Every man is a consumer but should be a producer.

(not set)

Great works of art teach us to have confidence in our spontaneous impressions with good humored inflexibility—the most when the whole cry of voices is against us.

(not set)

Trade embodies the principle of liberty. Trade planted America and destroyed Feudalism; it makes peace, keeps peace, and will destroy slavery. It destroyed the old aristocracy and created a new one but this one is based on merit instead of entitlement and is continually falling like the waves of the sea.

(not set)

Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you’d think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.

(not set)

the important thing is not to worry about the port of destination but to enjoy the voyage on which we are likely to be a long time and where we are now

(not set)

Beauty? What is it but a new way of approach?... that ardent inner curiosity which is the only true foundation for the appreciation of beauty—for beauty is inward, not outward... a flower blooms in our door-yard more wonderful than the shining heights of the Alps!

(not set)

I therefore advise those critical, querulous, discontented, unhappy People, that if they wish to be respected and belov'd by others & happy in themselves, they should leave off looking at the ugly Leg.

(not set)

I think of Abigail Adams. People sometimes think that women nowadays are smarter than their grandmothers. It simply isn't so.

A.A. Milne

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

A.A. MilneWaiting At The Window

These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane…
All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first…
John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!

A.A. MilneWaiting At The Window

“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”

A.A. MilneWar With Honour

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

A.A. MilneWar With Honour

War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

A.A. MilneWinnie the Pooh

“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”

A.A. MilneWinnie the Pooh

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”