In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and bitter disillusionment are self-made.

Quote by Kathleen Norris

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you...

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a...

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

He who does it first may do well, but he who does it best will...

He who does it first may do well, but he who does it best will...

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will,...

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will,...

Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns

Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance...

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance...