Nikki's Quotes and Poems

Desiderius Erasmus

nikkislipp — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:02:02 +0000

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

nikkislipp — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:15:02 +0000

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

James Arthur Baldwin

nikkislipp — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:23:11 +0000

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

Herman Melville

nikkislipp — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:19:38 +0000

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

André Gide

nikkislipp — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:10:55 +0000

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Peter De Vries

nikkislipp — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:03:07 +0000

Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end.

Helen Keller

nikkislipp — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:08:10 +0000

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Desiderius Erasmus

nikkislipp — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:01:07 +0000

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Theodore Roosevelt

nikkislipp — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:54:05 +0000

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

nikkislipp — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:52:16 +0000

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.