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

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

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...

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...

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

People change and promises are broken. Clouds can move and skies will be wide open....

People change and promises are broken. Clouds can move and skies will be wide open....