I discovered news of old horrors in old books; read intelligence of old atrocities in old periodicals; always in the back of my mind, every day a bit louder, I heard the seashell drone of some growing, coalescing force; I seemed to smell the bitter ozone aroma of lightings-to-come.

My life was not useless; I gave important truths to the world, and it was only for want of understanding that they were disregarded. I have been ahead of my time.

Robert Owen

So I had a choice between going to a jail or going to a bughouse like a nice young middle-class student. So I chose to go to a very polite mental hospital. When I left eight months later, they said, 'You were never psychotic. You were just an average neurotic'.

Allen Ginsberg

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

Joe Girard

All great ideas are dangerous.

Oscar Wilde

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

Michael Sheen

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Arthur Schopenhauer

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

Mary Wortley Montagu

To bring up a child in the way he should go -- travel that way yourself.

Josh Billings

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

George H. W. Bush

Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body.

Stanislav Grof

Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.

Vivienne Westwood