Quotes of Henry Commager

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Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

- Henry Commager

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“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an everfixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken." (Sonnet 116) ”

- William Shakespeare

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. ”

- Ron Ben Israel

“ When love is pursued, fear is surrendered, and you gain the freedom to worship in spirit and in truth. ”

- Deborah Brodie

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ The night still bold The cold singing by The crickets on their turbo Ushering in a celestial night in beautiful robe For tonight he will wonder into a glorious quest of the night As he lay down his head, will the Angels guard him Good night and sweet dreams ”

- Perpetua Ukakogu

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid. ”

- Josephine Angelini

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ”

- Dalai Lama XIV

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway