Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

Vernor Vinge

Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.

Edgar Quinet

School is where you go between when your parents can't take you, and industry can't take you.

John Updike

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

Epicurus

The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.

Thucydides

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.

Billy Rose

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

Sam Elliott

The circumstances amid which you life determine your reputation; the truth you believe determines your character. Reputation is what you are supposed to be; character is what you are. Reputation is the photograph; character is the face. Reputation comes over one from without; character grows up from within.Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away. Your reputation is learned in an hour; your character does not come to light for a year. Reputation is made in a moment; character is built in a lifetime. Reputation grows like a mushroom; character grows like the oak. A single newspaper report gives you your reputation; a life of toil gives you your character. Reputation makes you rich or makes you poor; character makes you happy or makes you miserable. Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone; character is what angels say about you before the throne of God.

William Hersey Davis, (source un

I did not know then what Brother William was seeking, and to tell the truth, I still do not know today, and I presume he himself did not know, moved as he was solely by the desire for truth, and by the suspicion - which I could see he always harbored - that the truth was not what was appearing to him at any given moment.

Umberto Eco

Certain people will be upset when you speak the truth. They might get mad. They might get really mad. That's because they are still living the lie you've exposed. Stay strong. Speak truth. Do not allow yourself to get pulled back into their lie just to make others happy and yourself miserable. You are free. Stay free.

Toni Sorenson

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

Walt Whitman

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Thomas Jefferson