Laurence Sterne

"Health is the greatest wealth."

"Adventure is calling; answer it."

"Imagination is the source of all creation."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"Philosophy is common sense in a dress suit."

"Literature is the most direct way of knowing oneself."

"Politics without principle is power without purpose."

"War is the failure of diplomacy."

"Motivation is the driving force behind all achievement."

"Inspiration strikes when you least expect it."

"Relationships are the most important part of life."

"Solitude is where genius is born."

"The world is so full of absurdities that I have long ceased to be surprised at anything."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants, rather than how much he wants that he has not."

"The art of asking is the art of living."

"There is no such thing as true knowledge without understanding the heart."

"Laughter is one of the privileges and pleasures of reason."

"Every time a man vexes me, I write him down a good fellow."

"The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart."

"In the human heart, there is a perpetual warfare between reason and passion."

"Memory is the treasure-house of the mind."

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."

"We ought to do all the good we can to all the people we can."

"The true measure of a man's worth is not what he possesses, but what possesses him."

"To understand a man, one must consider the whole scheme of his life."

"Life is too short to be spent in finding fault."

"The greatest pleasure in life is that of being loved."

"Confusion and perplexity are often but the first intimations of truth."