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

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...

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

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.

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

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...

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...

The glory of man is knowledge, but the glory of woman is to renounce knowledge.

The glory of man is knowledge, but the glory of woman is to renounce knowledge.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge...

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge

I am a part of all that I have met

I am a part of all that I have met

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch.

Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch.

Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect

Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect