If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O thou unlucky one,
with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart
and let it burn alone.
If they answer not to thy call walk alone.
~
Rabindranath Tagore.
(The full song is here : Jodi Tor Dak Shune Keu Na Ashe - YouTube)
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
A Guy
"The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent." - Charles Eliot Norton - (1827-1908) American scholar
My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'
-Tupac Shakur
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
~Don Marquis
A Guy
When ignorant is the mind
Oblivious, unconscious
A wound is but your touch
A blessed gift in disguise
~ Rabindranath Tagore .
Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
~E. Joseph Cossman
A Guy
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.
~H. L. Mencken
A Guy
