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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. ~Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass



It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~Krishnamurti



Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post. ~Charles Beresford, telegram reply to a dinner invitation



We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could. ~James Cromwell



Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. ~John Sterling



Patriotism... is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. ~Adlai Stevenson



A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt. ~George Herbert



While the rhythm of running emphasizes a downward motion, the upward motion of skipping defies gravity and elevates my mood in the process. ~Susan Reineck, as posted on iskip.com



No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. ~Robert Adams, Darkroom & Creative Camera Techniques, May 1995



I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. ~John Steinbeck



I like making a piece of string into something I can wear. ~Author Unknown



With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation. ~Edison Haines



I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self. ~Martin Luther



Is man's civilization only a wrappage, through which the savage nature of him can still burst, infernal as ever? ~Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, vol III, book V, chapter 7



To save a man's life against his will is the same as killing him. ~Horace



"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~J.R.R. Tolkien, "Three Is Company," The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954



If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? ~Author Unknown



When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world. ~Author Unknown



It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees. ~Wilson Flagg



The purpose of primary education is the development of your weak characteristics; the purpose of university education, the development of your strong. ~Nevin Fenneman