Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Quote by Leo Rosten

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Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of...

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of...

Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear...

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear...

God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs...

God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs...

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have...

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have...

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are...

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are...