“The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favours such a confidence.”

― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism

“That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.”

― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds; let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.”

― John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address

“I couldn't forgive him or like him but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another. Our lives will not be happy, but they will be harmless and free from the misery I now feel.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“Married people don't look as if they have a bedroom on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“I can never love a man who cannot protect me.”

― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

“How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us...”

― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

“Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life, might miss. Just sharing that truth can be a very powerful thing.”

― JAY-Z, Decoded

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