Entry 61

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.
Thomas Paine

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
Thomas Paine

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Thomas Paine

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
Thomas Paine

Entry 60

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

Lord Byron

Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!

Lord Byron

Poetry is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

Lord Byron

But words are things; and a small drop of ink,

Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces

That which makes thousands, perhaps millions,

Think

Lord Byron

Entry 59

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

Defoe

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most

perfect refreshment.

Jane Austen

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

George Carlin

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someonw said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

George Carlin

Entry 58

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Henry Miller

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

Henry Miller

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

Henry Miller

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Henry Miller

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.

Henry Miller

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.

Henry Miller

Entry 57

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Guy de Maupassant

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

Guy de Maupassant

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

Andre Maurois

All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the truest poets must be truthful.

Wilfred Owen

Entry 56

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

William Faulkner

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

William Faulkner

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

William Faulkner

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

William Faulkner

Entry 55

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Don Marquis

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.

Don Marquis

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Don Marquis

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Don Marquis

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Don Marquis

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Don Marquis

Entry 54

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

Thomas Wolfe

A cult is a religion with no political power.

Thomas Wolfe

Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.

Thomas Wolfe

Making the world safe for hypocrisy.

Thomas Wolfe

What is it that makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse?

Thomas Wolfe

Entry 53

Ideas are like beards: men do not have them until they grow up.

Voltaire

The more we study, we the more discover our ignorance.

Shelley

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Joubert

Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.

Tolstoy

Insanity in individuals is something rare---but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs is the rule.

Nietzsche

Entry 52

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

Moliere

We die only once, and for such a long time.

Moliere

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

Moliere

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

Moliere

Entry 51

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

Diogenes

Man is the most intelligent of the animals -- and the most silly.

Diogenes

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

Diogenes

Entry 50

A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.

Seneca

When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.

Spurgeon

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Spurgeon

Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables.

Spurgeon

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Spurgeon