Wit & Wisdom
“Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.” Fran Leibowitz, quoted in
Lapham’s Quarterly “Happiness is a mystery like religion and should never be rationalized.” G.K. Chesterton, quoted in
the Daily Mail
“If it wasn’t for the effort, I could argue against hard
work all day.” Journalist Janan Ganesh in the Financial Times “You only are free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place.” Maya Angelou, quoted in
BrainPickings.org “Nobody can rescue us from other people.” Poet Pablo Neruda, quoted in
The Paris Review
“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” C.S. Lewis, quoted in
Southern Living
“I had found out that money was like a sixth sense without which you could not make the most of the other five.” Somerset Maugham, quoted
in ArtsJournal.com