Charles A. Dana

The remains of the old must be decently laid away; the path of the new prepared. That is the difference between Revolution and Progress.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before–more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.