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The minority is always right.

- Henrik Ibsen

 

The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.

- Henrik Ibsen

 

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

- Henrik Ibsen

 

At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

- Eric Idle

 

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

- William Ralph Inge

 

It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion.

- William Ralph Inge

 

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

- Robert G.Ingersoll

 

Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them.

- Robert G.Ingersoll

 

The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn -- The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.

- Robert G.Ingersoll

 

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.

- Irish Proverb

 

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

- Washington Irving

 

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

- Andrew Jackson

 

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

- Andrew Jackson

 

A child needs your presence more than your presents.

- Jesse Jackson

 

You must never stop dreaming. Face reality, yes. But don't stop with the way things are; dream of things as they ought to be. Dream of peace. Peace is rational and reasonable. War is irrational in this age and unwinnable.

- Jesse Jackson

 

Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?"

- Joseph Henry Jackson

 

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

- Clive James

 

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

- William James

 

Whenever two men meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man was the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

- William James

 

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

- William James

 

Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom.

- William James

 

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

- William James

 

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

- William James

 

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

- William James

 

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

- William James

 

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us has endowed us.

- Anna Jameson

 

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

- Japanese proverb

 

Democracy is ever eager for rapid progress, and the only progress which can be rapid is progress down hill.

- Sir James Jeans

 

Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

- Thomas Jefferson

 

The Trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in a hurry.

- John Jensen

 

He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.

- Jerome K.Jerome

 

It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

- Jerome K.Jerome

 

Truth is the safest lie.

- Jewish Proverb

 

When a man mints coins - they are all alike, but when God mints people, each of them is uniquely different even though they all come from the same mold.

- Jewish Saying

 

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

- Samuel Johnson

 

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

- Lynn Johnston

 

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

- Franklin P. Jones

 

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwile.

- Franklin P. Jones

 

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.

- Franklin P. Jones

 

"Freedom" is just another word for "nothing to lose".

- Janis Joplin

 

The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.

- David Starr Jordan

 

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man.

- Joseph Joubert

 

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

- Joseph Joubert

 

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

- Joseph Joubert

 

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

- Benjamin Jowett

 

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

- Carl Gustav Jung

 

We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself...

- Carl Gustav Jung

 

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

- Carl Gustav Jung

 

Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is.

- Carl Gustav Jung

 

Who looks outside,
Dreams
Who looks inside,
Awakes.

- Carl Gustav Jung

 

The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.

- Junius

 

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

- Juvenal