It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Action Quotes, Conscience Quotes, Life Quotes

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

It's kind of ironic how common sense isn't common at all.

It's kind of ironic how common sense isn't common at all.