Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Related Quotes

V. S. Pritchett, fully Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett

The attitude to foreigners is like the attitude to dogs: Dogs are neither human nor British, but so long as you keep them under control, give them their exercise, feed them, pat them, you will find their wild emotions are amusing, and their characters interesting. [Of London]

Awakening | Care | Man | Men | Prison | Public | Training | War |

Tryon Edwards

The word "miser," so often used as expressive of one who is grossly covetous and saving, in its origin signifies one that is miserable, the very etymology of the word thus indicating the necessary unhappiness of the miser spirit.

Discipline | Mathematics | Power | Reason | Study | Training | World |

Thomas J. Watson, fully Thomas John Watson, Sr.

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed

Cost | Mistake | Training |

Thucydides NULL

The state that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting by fools.

Action | Man | Training | War |

Woodrow Wilson, fully Thomas Woodrow Wilson

The business of government is to organize the common interest against the special interests.

Neutrality | Sympathy |

William James

Voluntary action is at all times a resultant of the compounding of our impulsions with our inhibitions.

Danger | Discipline | Eternity | God | Rest | Time | Training | Wills | Danger | God |

Drew Curtis

In theory, Equal Time for Nutjobs should be harmless. The people being interviewed are obviously out of their gourds. The problem is that a Mass Media mention gives them instant credibility. The media audience automatically assumes that the Mass Media wouldn’t give coverage to anything they knew was patently false.

Cause | Internet | Neutrality | People | Warning | Think |

William Shakespeare

Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie, and young affection gapes to be his heir; that fair for which love groan'd for and would die, with tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, alike betwitched by the charm of looks, but to his foe supposed he must complain, and she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks: being held a foe, he may not have access to breathe such vows as lovers use to swear; and she as much in love, her means much less to meet her new-beloved anywhere: but passion lends them power, time means, to meet tempering extremities with extreme sweet.

Abuse | Dreams | Nature | World |

Saichō NULL

From hereon in all [temple] dining halls across the land will have an image of Mañjuśrī placed especially on the head seat atop of Piṇḍola.” It also states, “Is is to forever be a permanent convention.” It is clearly understood that those who spent much time in that country and made no mention of this are, on the contrary, to be ashamed of studying abroad. Also, as to looking at outward appearances unaware of their contents – wouldn't it be better to take everything into account?

Practice | Receive | Time | Training | Will |

William Shakespeare

Sir John stands to his word, the devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs: he will give the devil his due.

Abuse | Will |

Ellen Key, fully Ellen Karolina Sofia Key

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Children | Means | Success | Training | Child |

Emil M. Cioran

What are you waiting for in order to give up?

Abuse | Pity |

Emma Goldman

Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.

Better | Glory | Justify | Patriotism | Training | Will |

Emma Goldman

‎Civilization has been a continuous struggle of the individual or of groups of individuals against the State and even against society, that is, against the majority subdued and hypnotized by the State and State worship.

Discontent | Earth | Nothing | Reason | Rebellion | Training |

Emma Goldman

People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.

Better | Glory | Justify | Patriotism | Training | Will |

Ernest Callenbach

They divided the country into five metropolitan and four rural regions. Within these they also greatly extended many powers of governments of the local communities.

Children | Survival | Time | Training | Learn |

Ernest Hemingway, fully Ernest Miller Hemingway

Did I know him? Did I love him? You ask me that? I knew him like you know nobody in the world, and I loved him like you love God.

Abuse | Little | Understand |

Ernest Hemingway, fully Ernest Miller Hemingway

Miss Mary, having been a journalist, had splendid powers of invention. I had never heard her tell a story in the same way twice and always had the feeling she was remolding it for the later editions.

Training |

Eugene Peterson

Song and dance are the result of an excess energy. When we are normal we talk, when we are dying we whisper, but when there is more in us than we contain we sing. When we are healthy we walk, when we are decrepit we shuffle, but when we are beyond ourselves with vitality we dance.

Death | Neutrality | Will |

Euripedes NULL

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Abuse | Age | Death | Lying | Old age | Old |