Quotable Quotes (35 page)

—
H
ELEN
K
ELLER

in
New York Call

 

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

—
G
EORG
H
EGEL

 

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

—
A
LBERT
E
INSTEIN

 

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

—
F
RIEDRICH
N
IETZSCHE

 

The great tragedies of history occur not when right confronts wrong but when two rights confront each other.

—
H
ENRY
A
.
K
ISSINGER

 

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

—
J
EANE
J
.
K
IRKPATRICK

 

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

—
J
OSÉ
N
AROSKY

 

The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes.

—
B
ARBARA
M
ECHELS

 

When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.

—
A
FRICAN PROVERB

 

Might does not make right; it only makes history.

—
J
IM
F
IEBIG

 

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

—
G
EN.
O
MAR
N
.
B
RADLEY

 

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

—
O
SCAR
W
ILDE

 

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

—
B
ORIS
Y
ELTSIN

 

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

—
H
ENRY VAN
D
YKE

 

Foreign relations are like human relations. They are endless. The solution of one problem usually leads to another.

—
J
AMES
R
ESTON

 

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

—
C
HARLES DE
G
AULLE

 

Revolutions are built on empty bellies.

—
W
YNDHAM
H
ARTLEY

Natal Witness
(South Africa)

 

Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.

—
J
OHN
M
ILTON

 

I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.

—
T
HOMAS
J
EFFERSON

 

No one is more surprised than a revolutionary rebelled against.

—
P
IERRE
G
AXOTTE

 

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

—
B
ARBARA
T
UCHMAN

 

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

—
G
IUSEPPE
T
OMASI DI
L
AMPEDUSA

The Leopard

 

It is not necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paper work, and the other is nostalgia.

—
F
RANK
Z
APPA

 

Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older civilizations, or in accounts of solitary mystics, or in tales of science fiction writers— perhaps this will constitute the true revolution of the future. The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.

—
P
IERRE
E
LLIOT
T
RUDEAU

Biodynamics

A

Ability

Abstinence

Acceptance

   of mistakes

   of truth

Accidents

Accomplishment

Accountability

Acquisition

Action

   delay of

   goodness and

Admiration

   self-

Adolescence

Adults

   children in

Adventure

Adversity

Advice

Affection

Affliction

Age, aging

Agnostics

Agreeability

Air conditioning

Airplanes

Amateurs

Ambition

America, Americanism

American dream

American Revolution

Amusement

Angels

Anger

Animals

Annoyance

Answers

Anticipation

Apathy

Apologies

Appearance

   aging and

   reality vs.

Appetite

Applause

Apples

Appreciation

Approval

April

Ardor

Arguments

Arithmetic

Armies

Art of living

Arts

   study of

   visual

Aspirations

Astonishment

Astrology

Attention

Attitude

Authorities

Autumn

Awareness

B

Babies

   birth of

Baggage

Balance

Bankruptcy

Bargains

Baseball

Battle of the sexes

Battles

Beaches

Beauty

   inner

Bees

Beginning

Behavior

Beliefs

Bells

Bible

Bigotry

Biographies

Birds

Birth

Birthdays

Birthplaces

Bitterness

Blame

Blessings

Blindness

Bodies

   aging of

Boldness

Bondage

Bones

Books

Bores, boredom

Borrowing

Brain

Bravery

Brevity

Bridges

British Columbia

Brotherhood

Buildings

Burdens

Bureaucracy

Burning

C

Calculation

Calendars

Calm

Calumny

Camels

Canada

Cancer

Candles

Candor

Capability

Carefulness

Caricature

Caring

Cats

Caution

Censorship

Challenge

Champagne

Change

   maturity and

   of self

Chaos

Character

   flaws in

   improvement of

   measurement of

Charity

Charm

Cheating

Cheerfulness

Childhood

Children

   development of

   love of

   memories of

   play of

   praise of

   rearing of

   sleeping of

   teaching of

choice

Christmas

Cigarettes

Cinema

Circumstances

Citizenship

Civilization

Civilization's gift

Class reunions

Cleverness

Clichés

Clothes

Clouds

Coldness

Colds

Color

Comedy, comedians

Comfort

Commitment

Common sense

Communication

Community

Companionship

Company

Compassion

Competence

Competition

Complaining

Complexity

Compliments

Compromise

Compulsion

Computers

Concealment

   of love

Concentration

Condemnation

Confession

Confidence

Conflict

Confrontation

Congress

Conscience

Consensus

Conservationists

Consolation

Constancy

Contemplation

Contentment

Contests

Contradictions

Convenience

Conversation

Conversion

Convictions

Coolness

Correction

Courage

Courtesy

Cowardice

Creativity

Credit

Crime

Crises

Criticism

Crying

Culture

Curiosity

Cynics

D

Dancing

Dangers

Daring

Darkness

Daydreams

Deadlines

Deafness

Death

Debate

December

Decency

Deception

Decisions

Dedication

Defeat

Defense

Deference

Delight

Delusion

Democracy

Denial

Depression

Deserts

Desire

   acquisition and

Despair

Despotism

Destiny

Determination

Detours

Development

Devil

Diamonds

Diaries

Dictatorship

Diets

Dignity

Dilemmas

Diligence

Dinner

Diplomacy

Disagreement

Disappointment

Discipline

   self -

Discontent

Discouragement

Discovery

Discretion

Disguises

Disorder

Dissent

Distance

Distress

Distrust

Diversity

Divinity

Divorce

Dogs

   devotion of

Doors

Doubts

Drama

Dreams

Drinking

Driving

Drugs

Drunkenness

Duty

E

Eagerness

Early rising

Earning

Ears

Earth

Ease

Eating

Eccentricity

Echoes

Economics, economists

Economy

Ecstasy

Education

   adult

Efficiency

Effort

Ego

Elegance

Embarrassment

Embraces

Employers

Employment

Empty nest

Encouragement

Endurance

Enemies

   forgiveness of

   ourselves as

Energy

English language

Entertainment

Enthusiasm

Environment

Envy

Equality

Eternity

Etiquette

Evil

Exaggeration

Examples

Excellence

Exceptions

Excess

Excitement

Excuses

Exercise

Expectations

Experience

Experiment

Experts

Exploration

Eyes

F

Face - lifts

Faces

Facts

Failure

Fairness

Faith

Falling

   prevention of

Fame

Familiarity

Families

Family reunions

Family trees

Fanatics

Fantasy

Fashion

Fate

Fathers

Fatigue

Faults

   inheritance of

   of others

Favors

Fears

Feathers

February

Feeding

Feelings

   destructive

   expression of

Feet

Fences

Fertility

Fickleness

Fights

Finance

Fire

   kindling of

Fire engines

Fireside

Fishing

Flattery

Flight

   airplane

Flowers

   in winter

Food

Foolishness

Fools

   ourselves as

   rushing in

Football

Foreign relations

Foresight

Forgetfulness

Forgiveness

Fragility

Fragrance

Frankness

Freedom

Free press

Friends

   changing of

   defense of

   lasting

   losing of

   ourselves as

   spending time with

Frontiers

Fruit

Fun

Future

   planning for

G

Games

   attitude and

   winning and losing at

Gardens

Generations

   younger

Generosity

Genius

Gentlemen

Gentleness

Ghosts

Gifts

   giving of

   of God

   receiving of

Giving

   of gifts

   and luck

   manner of

   pleasures of

Gladness

Glamour

Global thinking

Glory

Goals

God

   creations of

   gifts of

   humanity and

   praying to

   presence of

   trust in

Gods

Gold

Good - byes

Goodness

   acts of

Good old days

Goodwill

Gossip

Government

Grace

Grammar

Grandchildren

Grandparents

Grapes

Gratitude

Greed

Grief

Growing up

Growth

   of friendship

   of plants

Guests

Guilt

H

Habits

Hands

   extending of

   helping

   holding of

   open

Happiness

   domestic

   in old age

   pursuit of

Harmony

Hate

Haughtiness

Healing

Health

Hearing

Heartache

Hearts

   breaking of

   memories of

   wisdom and

Heaven

Hell

Help

   asking for

Heredity

Heroes

Hesitation

History

Hobbies

Holidays

Home

   returning to

   visitors in

Hometowns

Homework

Honesty

Honor

Hope

Horses

Hospitality

Hostility

Houseflies

Houses

Human nature

   error and

Humiliation

Humility

Humor

Hunger

Hurrying

Hypochondria

I

Ideals, idealism

Ideas

Idleness

Ignorance

Imagination

Imitation

Immorality

Immortality

Impatience

Imperfection

Impossibility

Impulse

Incompetence

Inconvenience

Indecision

Independence

Indexes

Indifference

Indignation

Indispensability

Individuals

Inevitability

Influence

Information

Ingenuity

Inheritance

Injustice

Inner self

Innocence

Insanity

Insight

Insignificance

Insolence

Insomnia

Inspiration

Insults

Integrity

Intellect

Intelligence

Intentions

Interference

Interruptions

Intimacy

Intolerance

Intuition

Invention

Invincibility

J

Jealousy

Jobs

Jokes

Journalists

Journeys

Joy

Judgment

June

Justice

K

Kindness

Kings

Kisses

Kites

Knives

Knowledge

   of self

   wisdom vs.

L

Labor

Landscapes

Language

Lateness

Laughter

Law

Lawyers

Laziness

Leadership

Learning

Leisure

Letters

Liberation

Liberty

Libraries

Life

   art of

   enjoyment of

   fullness of

   important things in

   journey of

   longevity and

   meaning of

   planning of

   shortness of

   values and lessons of

Light

Limitations

Listening

Literature

Loans

Logic

Loneliness

Longevity

Losing

Love

   exchanging hate for

   expressions of

   falling in and out of

   of land

   marital

   measures of

Love letters

Luck

Luxury

Lying

M

Madness

Magic

Majesty

Majority rule

Malice

Management

Manners

March

Marching

Marriage

   happiness in

   love in

   partnership in

   trial

Masks

Maternity

Maturity

Media

Meditation

Melancholy

Memoirs

Memory

   accumulation of

   failure of

   happy

   of home

   imagination vs.

   sharing of

   softening and refinement of

Mercy

Merit

Middle age

Midlife crisis

Millionaires

Minds

Miracles

Mirrors

Misery

Misfortune

Mistakes

   admission of

   correcting of

   pointing out of

   repeating of

   right to

Moderation

Modesty

Money