I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after — Henry David Thoreau

I had three chairs in my house; one forsolitude, two for friendship; three for society.When visitors came in larger and unexpectednumbers there was but the third chair for themall, but they generally economized the ro… Read more → ♥ 2 Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours. ♥ 1 If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let itgo: perchance it will wear smooth,—certainly the machine will wear out. If the injusticehas a spring, or a pulley, or a… Read more → Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplify, simplify.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. Bertrand Russell Who has not the spirit of his age, Of his age has all the unhappiness. 12 Letter to Madame du Châtelet Voltaire The secret to humor is surprise. Aristóteles He who controls the past controls the future. "Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell