This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
A majority can never replace the individual. Just as a hundred fools do not make a wise man, a heroic decision is not likely to come from a hundred cowards.
Decision | Individual | Majority | Man | Wise |
It is said that a wise person who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish person who stands form is a catastrophe.
Wise |
To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
Fate | Misfortune | Wise | Misfortune |
The Whole Truth is fathomless, ever free of containment, confinement, or conformity... No teacher, religion, or cult can hold exclusive possession of the Truth. The hallmark of Truth is its inclusive nature; no one or no thing could ever be excluded from It.
Conformity | Cult | Nature | Religion | Truth |
Religion is the vision of something that stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realized; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehensions, something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.
Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things; something which is real, and yet waiting to be realized; something which is a remote possibly, and yet the greatest of present facts; something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet eludes apprehension; something whose possession is the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and the hopeless quest.
André Gide, fully André Paul Guillaume Gide
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Giving |
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.
Enough | Men | Opposition | Truth | Wise |
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, born Anne Spencer Morrow
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.
Love | Mourning | Openness | Patience | Suffering | Understanding | Wise | World |