Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it. ~ Orson Scott CardTweetShareSharePin
‘Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ~ Bertrand RussellTweetShareSharePin
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. ~ Jane AustenTweetShareSharePin
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. ~ Margaret FullerTweetShareSharePin
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. ~ Samuel SmilesTweetShareSharePin
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. ~ Louise SlaughterTweetShareSharePin