Sherwood Anderson

"Kindness is the only language all people understand."

"Science without wonder becomes mere machinery."

"Politics should serve the people, not itself."

"The solitary path often leads to the most honest destination."

"Strength is found not in hardness but in flexibility."

"We fear not what we know but what we might discover."

"Power corrupts most those who believe they deserve it."

"Money is the frozen form of human longing."

"Health is the luxury of those who pay attention to their bodies."

"Adventure is the antidote to a life unlived."

"The imagination of one person can change the world."

"The ancients knew what we have forgotten about time."

"To lead without love is to drive people forward mechanically."

"War proves that civilization is always only temporary."

"Motivation fades unless grounded in authentic purpose."

"Beauty asks nothing of us except to witness it."

"The silence between the notes is what makes music beautiful."

"Faith is the radical acceptance of what cannot be proven."

"Each technology rewires how we think without our knowing."

"Justice requires not just judgment but also mercy."

"Peace is the permission to be fully human."

"Gratitude transforms scarcity into abundance."

"The writer must always try to catch something true, the spirit of things and people that makes them what they are."

"Life is a stream upon which we are all boats."

"In the moment of creation, a man is closest to the gods."

"The object of art is not to make saleable pictures. It is to save yourself."

"Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified."

"I am a story-teller. That is all I am. I want to tell stories."

"There is something in the human spirit that makes us want to build permanence."

"All men are lonely. The important thing is what do we do about it."