There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
It is impossible that a town will not play a part in your life, it does not even make much difference whether you have more good or bad things to say of it, it draws your mind to it, by a mental law of gravitation.
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.”
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task.
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools...
Politeness is organized indifference.
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.
It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
“Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference”
Politeness is organized indifference.