It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have... →
John Ruskin
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than... →
Bertrand Russell
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable... →
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages... →
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
Bill Russell
Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
Cameron Russell