Jessamyn West Famous Quotes
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.
"We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions."
"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."
"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever."
"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."
"It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable."
Jessamyn West Quotations
To be worn out is to be renewed.
Lao Tzu
"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes."
Jonathan Swift
Every exit is an entry somewhere.
Tom Stoppard
"A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day."
John Locke
"Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories."
Arthur C Clarke
"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Life is too short to be sensible.
Unknown
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
William Allen White
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Karen Kaiser Clark
"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable."
Laurence J Peter