The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to hold out the light of reason, whatever it may discover; and to promulgate the determinations of truth, whatever she shall dictate

Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

Abu Bakr

Flat ubi vult

Victor Hugo

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only

Thomas Carlyle

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.

John Calvin

However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.

Paracelsus

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

John Foster Dulles

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Horace

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.

Emanuel Cleaver

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

George Santayana

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Kahlil Gibran

We may live for a hundred years, but not one moment of these hundred years can be returned, not even if we are prepared to pay millions of dollars. We cannot add a moment, nor can we get a moment back. If time is money, we should just consider how much money we have lost.

Swami Prabhupada