There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual. (Quote by - James Russell Lowell)

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. (Quote by - F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river? (Quote by - Frederick (carl) Frieseke)

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent. (Quote by - Gillian Anderson)

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. (Quote by - Barbara Ehrenreich)

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. (Quote by - Will Cuppy)

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. (Quote by - Aleister Crowley)

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. (Quote by - William Osler)

The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought. (Quote by - Leon Blum)

Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life. (Quote by - Angie Everhart)

You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories. (Quote by - Ralph Marston)

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth. (Quote by - Penelope Keith)

It takes 50000 nuts to put a car together, but only one to scatter them all over the road. (Quote by - Darryl Somers)

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. (Quote by - Silius Italicus)

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. (Quote by - Antoine Arnauld)

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win. (Quote by - Amy Alcott)

Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended. (Quote by - Ted W. Engstrom)

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. (Quote by - W. Somerset Maugham)

Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart. (Quote by - Susie Switzer)

Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not. (Quote by - E. R. Beadle)

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own. (Quote by - Michael Konda)

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. (Quote by - Hume)

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. (Quote by - John Holt)

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. (Quote by - James Allen)