WIST Quotations

Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- The Scarlet Letter, ch. 17 (1850)

Dave — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:06:01 +0000

I have laughed in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American writer
The Scarlet Letter, ch. 17 (1850)

Van Dyke, Henry -- “The Foot-path to Peace,” Tacoma Times (1 Jan 1904)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

To be glad of life because it gives you to chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars — to be satisfied with your possessions but not content with yourself until you have made the best of them — to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice — to be governed by you admirations rather than by your disgusts — to covet nothing that is your neighbors except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners — to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; to spend as much time as you can in God’s out-of doors — these are the little guideposts on the foot-path to peace.

Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) American clergyman and writer
“The Foot-path to Peace,” Tacoma Times (1 Jan 1904)
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Often shortened to: "Be glad for life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to look up at the stars."

Watterson, Bill -- Calvin and Hobbes (1992-07-25)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

CALVIN: I say, if your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1992-07-25)
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