Category: Truth

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. ~ John Quincy Adams

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. ~ John Adams

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ~ John Adams

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance as it accumulates in the form of inert facts. ~ Henry Adams

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. ~ Henry Adams

Friends are born, not made. ~ Henry Adams

The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one’s sanity. ~ Diane Ackerman

Just as big cities can deplete you with their noise and crowds and sheer sensory overload, a hospital can exhaust you, as its changing faces and personalities blur and strangers wake you repeatedly. ~ Diane Ackerman

Caregiver: that word should weigh more than others on a page, sag it down a bit and wrinkle it, because the simple-sounding job frazzles as it consumes and depletes. Not that it’s only gloomy. Caregiving offers many fringe benefits, including the sheer sensory delight of nourishing and grooming, sharing, and playing. There’s something uniquely fulfilling […]

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ~ Diane Ackerman

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. ~ Franklin P. Adams

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. ~ Douglas Adams