YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,'said the dewdrop to the lake.

He's winding up the watch of his wit. By and by it will strike.

William Shakespeare

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.

Plato

Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.

John Dryden

The local church is the outcrop of the church universal.

Peter T. Forsyth

I am, of course, aware that the ultimate solution is the ownership and control of the means of life by the whole of the people; but we are not at that stage of development as yet.

James Larkin

We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and one enemy we've always had was the NME. They've always basically slated us and they've basically never ever written about the music.

Dan Hawkins

The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find.

Lord Longford

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Jules Renard

Iwapo kila mtu atamheshimu mwenzake kama anavyojiheshimu mwenyewe; tunaweza kuishi mbinguni duniani ... lakini kwanza tuwe na maarifa binafsi.

Enock Maregesi

As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one another where the fresh fruit was.

Terry Pratchett

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

Paulo Coelho

I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.

Tim Cahill