We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.

If all were gentle and contented as sheep all would be as feeble and helpless.

A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun.

Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority.

Insight makes argument ridiculous.

If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man.

Our prejudices are like physical infirmities - we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.

We are made ridiculous less by our defects than by the affectation of qualities which are not ours.

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity.

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate. But it is clearly much more than this, and we have now to regard it from another side.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.

Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

Therefore the elect shall go forth... to see the torments of the impious, seeing which they will not be grieved, but will be satiated with joy at the sight of the unutterable calamity of the impious.

To me, self-description is a calamity.

ALL people have adversity. What separates the good from the great is how we choose to react to it.

I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.

Laughter is America's most important export.

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

Hamburgers are my favorite thing to eat, period.

I refuse to use terms like 'optimist' or 'pessimist' and instead prefer 'realist.'

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.