Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

OPINION

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding;
but delights in airing his own Opinions. …….Proverbs 18:2

Everything we hear is an Opinion, not a fact. ……..Marcus Aurelius

Every new Opinion, at its starting,
is precisely in a minority of one. ……..Thomas Carlyle

False Opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men,
thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime,
without knowing what they are doing. ……..Joseph De Maistre

People do not seem to realize that their Opinion of the world,
is also a confession of character. …….Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything
may reasonably be expected to do everything for money. …….Edward F. Halifax

A study of the history of Opinion is a necessarypreliminary to the emancipation of the mind. …….John Maynard Keynes

Public Opinion is the thermometer
a leader should constantly consult. ……Napoleon Bonaparte

It often takes more courage
to change one's Opinion than to keep it. …….Willy Brandt
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