There are seven sins in the world: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice and politics without principle. Great short quote and quotation by: Mahatma Gandhi , Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 – 1948)
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There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in the world: what is too much for one, what is too little for one, and what is just right for one. Great short quote and quotation by: Swahili proverb ,
There are, however, people in this world who seldom pick up a newspaper, people who, when watching television, sneer in displeasure and change channels at the first glimpse of an anchorperson. While such willfully uninformed citizens are rare, emerging from seclusion only to serve on juries in trials of great national significance, they do exist. […]
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There is a growing suspicion that what the world needs now is a religion that will cover the other six days of the week. Great short quote and quotation by: Author Unknown ,
There is a wide world out there, my friend, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth, and the latter makes the journey tolerable. Great short quote and quotation by: R. A. Salvatore, Sojourn ,
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John Ruskin (1819-1900), British poet, artist,
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse cannot make a little cheaper and the people who consider price only are this man?s lawful prey. Great short quote and quotation by: John Ruskin (1819-1900), British poet, artist, ,
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There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. Great short quote and quotation by: W. Somerset Maugham , English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)
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Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good life is to live. Great short quote and […]
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There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience subjected to the tests of intelligent development and direction. Great short quote and quotation by: John Dewey , US educator, Pragmatist philosopher, & psychologist (1859 – 1952)
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There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel. Great short […]
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There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Karl Popper ,
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Henry Miller, "The Colossus of Maroussi" (1941)
There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Miller, “The Colossus of Maroussi” (1941) , US author (1891 – 1980)