“We long for what we cannot have, yet desire it not so much because it would benefit us, as because it is beyond our reach.”— L. Frank Baum, Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)Share
“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization.”— L. Frank BaumShare
“The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”— L. Frank BaumShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
