buona notte amore mio
The aim of psychoanalysis is to relieve people of their neurotic unhappiness so that they can be normally unhappy. ~Sigmund Freud, attributed
Cats only pretend to be domesticated if they think there's a bowl of milk in it for them. ~Robin Williams
It is well to know something of the manners of various peoples, in order more sanely to judge our own, and that we do not think that everything against our modes is ridiculous, and against reason, as those who have seen nothing are accustomed to think. ~Rene Descartes, Discourse on the Method, 1637 (translated)
It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta. ~Dave Barry
A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ~Charles Gordy
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ~Les Brown
I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort. ~Abba Eban
Life begins at retirement. ~Author Unknown
Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicates nothing but the changeableness of the weather. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope. ~Edgar Howe
People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. ~Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker, 16 February 1987
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? ~Erich Fromm
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death. ~Fran Lebowitz
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute. ~Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ~William Penn
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ~Roger Lewin
Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye. ~Grey Livingston
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. ~James Russell Lowell
