Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is ubiquitous information so profound? It's a tremendous equalizer. Information is power.
All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.