This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
When I look at the stars and realize that the light from some of these suns takes a million years to reach my eyes, I realize how tiny and insignificant this earth is, and how microscopic and evanescent are my own little troubles. I will pass on soon; but the sea stretching for a thousand miles in all directions and the stars and spiral nebulae swarming through illimitable space above, they will continue for thousand of millions of years. I marvel that any man looking up at the stars can have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance.
Earth | Light | Little | Man | Opinion | Space | Troubles | Will |
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to his opinion, to let him sustain his feeling of importance.
Consideration | Friend | Opinion |
There are two kinds of crimes: those committed by people who are caught and convicted, and those committed by people who are not. Which category a particular crime falls into is directly related to the wealth, power, and prestige of the criminal. The former category includes such crimes as purse snatching, mugging, armed robbery and breaking and entering. The latter category includes war atrocities, embezzlement, most political actions, and budget appropriations.
Elton Trueblood, fully David Elton Trueblood
The notion that one opinion is as good as another will not work in any other area of human experience, why should it work in the area of faith?
Dwight Eisenhower, fully Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
Fundamentally, public opinion wins wars.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.
(Rape) is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a true force of Nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, an, as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.
Force | Happy | Joy | Life | Life | Little | Nature | Opinion | Purpose | Purpose | Will | World | Privilege |