Metaphysics, Education, Success, Drink Quotes

METAPHYSICS
George Bernard Shaw
When we know what God is, we shall be Gods ourselves.

EDUCATION
William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

SUCCESS
Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

DRINK
Hervey Allen
Religions change; beer and wine remain.

Metaphysics, Academia, Problems, Conversation

METAPHYSICS
Carl Gustav Jung
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

ACADEMIA
John C. Maxwell
The problem with most educational institutions is that they try to teach people what to think, not how to think.

PROBLEMS
Phillip C. McGraw
… while the pain of dealing with your problems is an acute, easy-to-identify pain, the pain of avoiding them is also profound, even if more subtle.

CONVERSATION
Mignon McLaughlin
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.

Metaphysics, Wealth, Regret, Men

METAPHYSICS

Charles W. Ferguson
The essence of tragedy is to know the end.

WEALTH

Anatole France
In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

REGRET

Brendan Francis
Most people perform essentially meaningless work. When they retire that truth is borne in upon them.

MEN

Edgar Watson Howe
It isn’t the sissy men who help women most, but the rough, capable ones who can be caught and trained.