Miscellaneous quotes
973 quotes from 439 people
Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Charles Darwin1809–1882The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), XXI. General Summary and Conclusion, 1st ed. (1871) p. 405
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (1911), p. 151Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
Philip K. Dick1928–1982“How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later” (1978)We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
Marcel Proust1871–1922Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. VI: The Sweet Cheat Gone (1925), Ch. I: “Grief and Oblivion”The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard Feynman1918–1988“Cargo Cult Science”, adapted from a 1974 Caltech commencement addressHumanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826On members of the clergy who sought to establish some form of “official” Christianity in the U.S. government. Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush (23 September 1800)
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson (1786), p. 252It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915A Message to Garcia (1899)- Elbert Hubbard1856–1915“Get Out or Get in Line,” Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard, pp. 59–60 (1928)
