Quotations by Author

   T Quotes

Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals. -Publius Cornelius Tacitus, historian (55-117)

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt. -Publius Cornelius Tacitus, historian (c.55-c.120)

Rabindranath Tagore Indian Poet (1861-1941) 1913 Nobel Prize in literature

The flood of careless, unconsidered, cheap words is the greatest enemy of the profound word. --Stephen L. Talbott in "NetFuture #6

Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is. -Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854)

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -Andrew S. Tanenbaum

I cannot fight prejudice and paint at the same time!-Henry Ossawa Tanner

Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow. -Edwin Way Teale, naturalist and author (1899-1980)

My soul is a broken field, plowed by pain. -Sara Teasdale, poet (1884-1933)

When I can look Life in the eyes, / Grown calm and very coldly wise, / Life will have given me the Truth, / And taken in exchange---my youth. -Sara Teasdale, poet (1884-1933)

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will 
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Tennyson: Ulysses

There lives more faith in honest doubt, / Believe me, than in half the creeds. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet (1809-1892)

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet (1809-1892)

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. -Nikola Tesla, electrical engineer and inventor (1856-1943)

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. - William Thackeray (1811-1863, Indian-born British Novelist)

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. -William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)

People hate as they love, unreasonably. -William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it." -- Margaret Thatcher

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. - Margaret Thatcher, 1925-, British Stateswoman, Prime Minister (1979-90)

The only gift is giving to the poor; / All else is exchange. -Thiruvalluvar, poet (c. 30 BCE)

After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood. -Fred Thompson, US senator, lawyer, writer, and actor (1942- )

 Who is the happier man, He who has braved the storm of life and lived. Or he who has stayed securely on the shore and merely existed.-Hunter S. Thompson:

Thoreau Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. -James Thurber

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)

Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects. -- three wise federal judges

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. -Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. -Alvin Toffler

Still round the corner there may wait,/ a new road or a secret gate.-J.R.R. Tolkien

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. - J.R.R. Tolkien (Author, Lord of the Rings)

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Tolstoy

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. -Leo Tolstoy, author (1828-1910)

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. -Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. -Leo Tolstoy

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.
--Leo Tolstoy

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. -Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. -Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life. -Leo Tolstoy, author (1828-1910)

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. -Paul Tournier

Actually, we have to make the best judgments we can about what is right, and then we have to bet on it by trying to make ourselves act on it, without being sure about it. Arnold Toynbee

Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity. -Arnold Toynbee, historian (1889-1975)

Education ... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. -G.M. Trevelyan

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. -Anthony Trollope

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. -D. Elton Trueblood

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. Harry S. Truman (1884-1972, Thirty-third President of the USA)

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. - Harry Truman, 1884-1972, Thirty-third President of the USA

The buck stops here. -Harry Truman, 33rd US president (1884-1972)

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. -Harry S. Truman, 33rd US president (1884-1972)

If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.- Chogyam Trungpa

The power to command frequently causes failure to think. -Barbara Tuchman, author and historian (1912-1989)
 

We are born with our eyes closed and our mouths open, and we spend our whole lives trying to reverse that mistake of nature. -Dale E.Turner

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. -Dale E. Turner

Progress is not created by contented people. - Frank Tyger

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom.. Chuang Tzu

Men cannot see their reflection in running water, but only in still water. -Chuang Tzu, philosopher (c. 4th century BCE)
 

The words of truth are always paradoxical. -Lao Tzu

The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet. -Lao Tzu

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. -Lao Tzu

Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not. -Lao Tzu, philosopher (circa 600 BCE)

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao-Tzu, BC 600-?, Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism, Author of the ''Tao Te Ching''

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.- Lao-Tzu (BC 600-?, Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism, Author of the "Tao Te Ching")

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power. -Lao-Tzu, philosopher (6th century B.C.)

  Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. -Lao Tzu, philosopher (6th century B.C.)

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. -Lao-Tzu, philosopher (6th century BCE)

Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. -Sun Tzu [The Art of War]

U Quotes

You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end -- much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you. -Brenda Ueland, writer (1891-1985)

If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing. -Miguel de Unamuno

Sometimes to remain silent is to lie. -Miguel de Unamuno, philosopher and writer (1864-1936)

To fall into habit is to begin to cease to be.- Miguel de Unamuno Spanish philosopher The Tragic Sense of Life

My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread, I'm selling yeast. -Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936)

It is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.-Evelyn Underhill

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.-Unknown

Oh, we have a home. We just need a house to put it in. -An anonymous child

A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn. Unknown

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932- )

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilized music in the world. -Peter Ustinov

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. -Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director (1921- )

Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only ONE day, of modern warfare. -Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director(1921-2004)

Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, our one duty is to furnish it well. -Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director (1921-2004)