Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

P: 9 topics

parenting (15)

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

patience (62)

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.

patriotism (46)

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

peace (223)

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

pet (37)

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

poetry (230)

'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.

politics (195)

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

positive (32)

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

power (285)

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.