Great Throughts Treasury

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

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Mary Lou Retton

We are each put on this earth to make a particular contribution to humanity... Although God, the Almighty, has a plan for every one of us, He gives us choices. It is our responsibility to make the best of those choices in order to achieve our ultimate purpose.

Character | Earth | God | Humanity | Order | Plan | Purpose | Purpose | Responsibility |

Publius Syrus

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

Character |

Publius Syrus

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

Character | Pardon |

Francis Quarles

The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God. Know thyself, that thou mayest know God; and know God, that thou mayest love him and be like him. In the one thou art initiated into wisdom; and in the other perfected in it.

Art | Character | God | Know thyself | Knowledge | Love | Philosophy | Wisdom | Art |

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians; the one sharpens the appetite - the other prevents indulgence to excess.

Appetite | Character | Excess | Indulgence | Labor |

Publius Syrus

No one is a good man unless he is good to all.

Character | Good | Man | Wisdom |

Pasquier Quesnel

Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.

Anger | Character |

Ensworth Reisner

The strong man does not always ride the wave of success. The strong man is the one who can turn the misfortune of life into character; the one who is committed to the essential and not the superficial. He faces and overcomes inner challenges and depends not on outer acclaim.

Character | Life | Life | Man | Misfortune | Success | Misfortune |