Quote of the Day -- P.D. James

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

-- P.D. James

Quote of the Day -- Susan Sontag

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

-- Susan Sontag

Quote of the Day -- Socrates

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

-- Socrates

Quote of the Day -- Martin Luther King

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

-- Martin Luther King

Quote of the Day -- John Muir

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity

-- John Muir

Quote of the Day -- Nicholas Taleb

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)

-- Nicholas Taleb

Quote of the Day -- Samuel Johnson

It has been well observed, that the misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continuously repeated. 

-- Samuel Johnson

Quote of the Day -- George Orwell

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

-- George Orwell

Quote of the Day -- Napolean Bonaparte

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

-- Napolean Bonaparte

Quote of the Day -- Jack London

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

-- Jack London