There are people who have an appetite for grief; pleasure is not strong enough and they crave pain. They have mithridatic stomachs which must be fed on poisoned bread, natures…

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ~Eleanor Roosevelt Millions…

The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. ~Henry Maudsley When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in…

We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live…

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a…

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. ~Samuel Johnson (Thanks, Frank Lynch) Courage is…

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. ~Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave, 1945 God made the country, and man made…

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi, quoted in E.F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful Nature provides a free lunch, but only…

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.…

To get something done a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent. ~Robert Copeland A committee is a group that keeps minutes and…