Quotes (#463)

In a very real sense, the writer writes
in order to teach himself, to understand
himself, to satisfy himself.
- Alfred Kazin

If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us
with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.
- Arthur Koestler

One sign of maturity is the ability to be
comfortable with people who are not like us.
- Virgil A. Kraft

What we do on some great occasion will
probably depend on what we already are;
and what we are will be the result of
previous years of self-discipline.
- H.P. Liddon

Every now and again take a good look at something
not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn
of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and
patience and solace and, above all, the assurance
that you are not alone in the world.
- Sidney Lovett

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow
is a promissory note; today is the only
cash you have so spend it wisely.
- Kay Lyons