It’s Life
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
– German proverb
Rules
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
– Elbert Green Hubbard
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
– Walter Gagehot
There ain’t no rules around here! We’re trying to accomplish something!
– Thomas Alva Edison
Difficulty
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
– Albert Einstein
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.
– Bernice Johnson Reagon
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
– Helen Keller
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
– Chinese proverb
Science
One must not mistake majority for the truth.
– Albert Einstein
An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning.
– Max Planck
Science is not formal logic, it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in those who already possess it.
– Max Born
Reason
Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
– Jonathan Swift
Opposition
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
– Albert Einstein
Belief
Some things need to be believed to be seen.
– Guy Kawasaki
Power
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
– Jonathan Swift
Aspirations
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
– Albert Einstein
Words
The word of man is the most durable of all material.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Books
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Thoughts
Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Truth
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Fashion
Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.
– George Bernard Shaw
Sharing
The miracle is this – the more we share, the more we have.
– Leonard Nimoy
Marriage
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
– German proverb
Gossip
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
– Spanish proverb
Tomorrow
Maņana is often the busiest day of the week.
– Spanish proverb
Slowness
That which grows slowly grows well.
– Spanish Proverb
Things
What a lot of things there are a man can do without.
– Socrates
Sex
Sex is God’s joke on human beings.
– Bette Davis
Search
I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.
– Sufi proverb
The End
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
– Socrates
