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Jackson, Robert H. : Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money. (Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief U.S. prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, 1892-1954)

Jackson, Robert H. : Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. (Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief U.S. prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, 1892-1954)

Jackson, Robert H. : We can afford no liberties with liberty itself. (Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief U.S. prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, 1892-1954)

James, William : We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, William : Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves ... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, William : A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, Alice : Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected. (Alice James, U.S. diarist and sister of novelist Henry James and philosopher and psychologist William James, 1848-1892)

James, William : The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who has been labeled the Father of American psychology,” 1842-1910)

James, William : A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, William : Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as he/she sees him/herself; each one as the other sees him/her; and each person as he/she really is. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, William : Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, William : The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. (William James, U.S. philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician, 1842-1910)

James, P.D. : What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. (P.D. James, English crime novelist, 1920-2014)

James, P.D. : What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. (P.D. James, English crime novelist, 1920-2014)

James, P.D. : What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. (P.D. James, English crime novelist, 1920-2014)

Jameson, Anna : The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows, must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill. (Anna Jameson, Anglo-Irish writer and art historian, 1794-1860)

Jampolsky, Gerald : Forgiveness means letting go of the past. (Gerald Jampolsky, U.S. and international authority in the fields of psychiatry, health, business, and education. Born 1925)

Jampolsky, Gerald : I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. (Gerald Jampolsky, U.S. and international authority in the fields of psychiatry, health, business, and education. Born 1925)

Jefferson, Thomas : I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. (John Locke, English philosopher, 1632-1704Banks: I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : The hole and the patch should be commensurate. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : If I had to choose between a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government, I would unhesitatingly choose the latter. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : I steer my bark with hope in my heart, leaving fear astern. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. ( (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas : Resort to ridicule only when reason is against us. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

Jerome, St. : You censure this with difficulty because you have allowed it to become customary (St. Jerome, Dalmatian Roman Catholic priest best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin347-420)

Jerome, Jerome. K. : It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome. K. Jerome, English writer and humorist, 1859-1927)

Jerrold, Douglas : The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I was a grave digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment. (Douglas Jerrold, English dramatist and writer, 1803-1857)

Jewell, John : Vessels never give so great a sound as when they are empty. (John Jewell, English Bishop of Salisbury and a key figure in the Christian Reformation movement, 1522-1571)

Jewett, Sarah Orne : A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return. (Sarah Orne Jewett, U.S. poet and novelist, 1849-1909)

Jimenez, Juan Ramon : If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. (Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1881-1958)

Jodorowsky, Alejandro : Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness. (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, actor, author, poet, and producer, Born 1929)

Johnson, Samuel : Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. (Samuel Johnson, English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Lyndon B. : Doing what is right isn't the problem; it's knowing what is right. (Lyndon B. Johnson, politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973)

Johnson, Samuel : Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Lyndon B. : A man’s opinion is no better than his information. (Lyndon B. Johnson, politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973)

Johnson, Samuel : It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Gerald White : Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened. (Gerald White Johnson, U.S. historian, journalist, novelist, editor, 1880-1980)

Johnson, Lyndon B. : A man without a vote is a man without protection. (Lyndon B. Johnson, politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973)

Johnson, Ben : We learn to read, so we can read to learn. (Ben Johnson, English playwright, 1572-1637)

Johnson, Ben : Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail. (Ben Johnson, English playwright, 1572-1637)

Johnson, Samuel : Words are but the signs of ideas. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Ben : A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. (Joseph Conrad, Polish novelist, 1857-1924Conscience: Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. (Samuel Butler, English writer, 1835-1902Literacy: We learn to read, so we can read to learn. (Ben Johnson, English playwright, 1572-1637)

Johnson, Samuel : The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Lady Bird : Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. (Lady Bird Johnson, U.S. socialite and the First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1912-2007)

Johnson, Hiram : The first casualty when war comes is truth. (Hiram Johnson, U.S. governor and senator 1866-1945)

Johnson, Samuel : The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert it only irritates. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Adversity is the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers than. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel : Adversity is the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers then. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

Jones, Paul Tudor : Failure is often the fire that forges the steel. (Paul Tudor Jones, financier and philanthropist, Born 1954)

Jong, Erica : There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes. (Erica Jong, U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, who figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942)

Jong, Erica : The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. (Erica Jong, U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet who figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942)

Jong, Erica : If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. (Erica Jong, U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, Fear of Flying, that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942)

Jong, Erica : I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. (Erica Jong, U.S. novelist and poet, known particularly for her novel, Fear of Flying, that led to the second-wave feminism, Born 1942)

Jonson, Ben : He was not of an age, but for all time! (Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright who is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I, 1572-1637)

Jonson, Ben : Language most shows a man: speak, that I may see thee. (Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy, 1572-1637)

Jordan, David Starr : The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going. (David Starr Jordan, U.S. zoologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist, 1851-1931)

Joseph, Rhawn : . . . within the core of each of us is the child we once were. This child constitutes the foundation of what we have become, who we are, and what we will be. (Rhawn Joseph, U.S. neuroscientist and author)

Joubert, Joseph : When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : Imagination is the eye of the soul. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : Never cut what you can untie. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : Never cut what you can untie. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : Children have more need of models than of critics. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Joubert, Joseph : Children have more need of models than of critics. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)

Jung, Karl : The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Karl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Karl : The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Karl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : The healthy man does not torture others. Generally, it is the tortured who turn into torturers. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Karl : The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Karl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Karl : The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Karl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Western man has no need of more superiority over nature. . . He must learn that he may not do exactly as he wills. If he does not learn this, his own nature will destroy him. He does not know that his own soul is rebelling against him in a suicidal way. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : The telling question of a person's life is one's relationship with the infinite. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jung, Karl : The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Karl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, 1875-1961)

Jung, Carl : Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide. Those who look outwards dream but those who look inwards awake. (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1875-1961)

Jusserano, Jules : The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours. (Jules Jusserano, French author and diplomat who was the French Ambassador to the U.S. during World War 1, 1855-1932)

Jusserano, Jules : The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours. (Jules Jusserano, French author and diplomat who was the French Ambassador to the U.S. during World War 1, 1855-1932)