Selected quotation

"The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent."

~ Jose Ortega y Gasset, "The Dehumanization of Art"



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

Chinese Proverbs

Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

The Book of Positive Quotations, 2nd Edition

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

8,789 Words of Wisdom

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)

America's Popular Sayings: Over 1600 Expressions on Topics from Beauty to Money and Everything In Between

365 Inspirational Quotes (365 Days Perpetual Calendars)

101 French Proverbs