...beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.

You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.

Sai Baba

Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing language, imposing works of art? The thing becomes an imposition and a weariness at last. Give us things that are alive and flexible, which won't last too long and become an obstruction and a weariness. Even Michelangelo becomes at last a lump and a burden and a bore. It is so hard to see past him.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.

Christopher Columbus

The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole.

Bernard Devoto

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

Ursula K. LeGuin

If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter.

Blaise Pascal

The worlds a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

Sean O'Casey

No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.

Jean Paul

He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth.

Source Unknown

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

John Gunther

Love... Force it and it disappears. You cannot will love, nor even control it. You can only guide its expression. It comes or it goes according to those qualities in life that invite it or deny its presence.

David Seabury

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.

Pete Townshend