Claude Bissell quotes

“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.”
-- Claude Bissell

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“The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place.”
-- Claude Bissell

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“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

“Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.11, Courier Corporation

“I love you,” I said, causing his face to contort in pain. “I’m not a man so I do not have a heart that loves as a human does. I’m an immortal god that dwells with supreme power because I hold the keys to Death. But you are my existence. I am yours.” Hot tears streamed down my face as I stared into the face of someone who comprehended an emotion much stronger than my weak, feeble words of love.”

“In love one had need of being believed, in friendship of being understood.”

Source : Abel Bonnard (1933). “The Art of Friendship”

“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com

“You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

“Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.”

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”

“In order to choose the right path, we do not have to figure out the wrong one... we just need to follow the light.”