Quotes from other authors Page 3 of 4
101 quotes from authors quoted once or twice, in alphabetical order. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Jack London
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“There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.”
John Ruskin
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“Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book.”
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“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.”
Joseph Conrad
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“I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more—the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.”
Kalidasa
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“Fruit-laden trees bend down to earth; / The water-pregnant clouds hang low; / Good men are not puffed up by power-- / The unselfish are by nature so.”
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“Before thee mountains rise and rivers flow: / When thou art weary, on the mountains stay, / And when exhausted, drink the rivers' driven spray.”
Kenneth Grahame
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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
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“All was a-shake and a-shiver—glints and gleams and sparkles, rustle and swirl, chatter and bubble. The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated.”
L. M. Montgomery
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“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
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“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
Livy
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“This it is which is particularly salutary and profitable in the study of history, that you behold instances of every variety of conduct displayed on a conspicuous monument”
Lord Byron
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“She walks in beauty, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies; / And all that’s best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”
Louis Pasteur
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“Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries. Say to yourselves first: ‘What have I done for my instruction?’ and, as you gradually advance, ‘What have I done for my country?’”
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“Do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations.”
Louisa May Alcott
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“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
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“Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them.”
Lucretius
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“So one thing from another rises ever; And in fee-simple life is given to none, But unto all mere usufruct.”
Luís de Camões
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“O glorious chief, while storms and oceans rav’d, What hopeless toils thy dauntless valour brav’d! By toils like thine the brave ascend to heav’n, By toils like thine immortal fame is giv’n.”
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“What boundless joys are thine, O just Renown, Thou hope of Virtue, and her noblest crown! By thee the seeds of conscious worth are fir’d, Hero by hero, fame by fame inspir’d:”
Mahatma Gandhi
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“We notice that mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions, the more unbridled they become.”
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“Strength lies in absence of fear, not in the quantity of flesh and muscle we may have on our bodies.”
Margaret Fuller
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“The candlestick set in a low place has given light as faithfully, where it was needed, as that upon the hill.”
Mikhail Lermontov
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“The air is pure and fresh, like the kiss of a child; the sun is bright, the sky is blue, what more could one possibly wish for?”
Murasaki Shikibu
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“Forgot may be the lowly bed / From which these darling flowerets spring, / Still let a kindly dew be shed, / Upon their early nurturing.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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“Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.”
Nikolai Gogol
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“The culprit would depart with head held higher, not lower, than before, since in Alexander Petrovitch there was something which heartened: something which seemed to say to a delinquent: "Forward you! Rise to your feet again, even though you have fallen!"”