Po Bronson Quotes
A state, a community, caring first for all its children, providing amply for their spiritual as for their temporal well-being, has organized the primitive Eden.
Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched and honored, found it honorable to own their benefactor.
Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.
A friendship formed in childhood, in youth,--by happy accident at any stage of rising manhood,--becomes the genius that rules the rest of life.
Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.
Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life.
Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.
Pleasure, that immortal essence, the beauteous bead sparkling in the cup, effervesces soon and subsides.
Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.
Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.
Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.
An age deficient in idealism has ever been one of immorality and superficial attainment, since without the sense of ideas, nobility of character becomes of rare attainment, if possible.
The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.
Cities with all their advantages have something hostile to liberal learning, the seductions are so subtle and accost the senses so openly on all sides.
A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.
A check on itself, evil subserves the economies of good, as it were a condiment to give relish to good.
My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.
Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards; we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any deserving our equal affections.
A lot of times I wind up playing songs like (Alice in Chains') "Down in a Hole" that make me scream at the top of my lungs if I want to get frustration out from a bad day.
With music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar.
I don't mind getting up in front of people and playing - singing by myself, as raw as it comes, with nobody else helping me out, which shows that you have a little bit of talent.
You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.
Soap operas are a world where rich people always have chandeliers and hip people have striped hair and the language that they use doesn't have any flexibility anymore.
Curiosity is a raw and genuine sign from deep inside our tangled psyches, and we'd do well to follow the direction it points us in.
The virtue of losing is we get used to the fact that competing and to lose doesn't kill you. It just makes you stronger. It just helps you get used to it.
Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books have changed my life.
The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to care about.
Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don’t sell a lot. But they’re both great.
It's not easy / It's not supposed to be easy / Most people make mistakes / Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more than once.
Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.
A Piece of writing has to seduce the reader, it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust
Books are the most mannerly of companions accessible at all times in all moods frankly declaring the author's mind without offense.
I hope I have a long career, but I really don't think about the future like that. I live, like, for right now, honestly. I take it however it comes.
This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.