Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

William M. Bulger

I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.

Robert B. Laughlin

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

Elizabeth Taylor

There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization.

Steven Pinker

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

Mark Twain

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

Paul Farmer

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

Philip Emeagwali

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

Lord Chesterfield

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Pearl S. Buck

Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.

Terry Pratchett