En helaas hebben huwelijken in het algemeen iets lomps. Ze bederven de tederste verhoudingen, en dat komt toch eigenlijk alleen door de botte zekerheid waarvan ten minste één partij profiteert. Alles is vanzelfsprekend en men lijkt de verbintenis alleen gesloten te hebben opdat beiden hun eigen gang kunnen gaan.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9

Bible

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models.

Rem Koolhaas

Everything is simpler than you think and yet more complex than you imagine.

Source Unknown

We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life. We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

Stephen Hawking

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

Helen Keller

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Aristotle

Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look He thinks too much such men are dangerous.

William Shakespeare

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

Ulysses S. Grant

Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule.

Ellen DeGeneres

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Ninon De L'Enclos

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Robertson Davies

Pesimistik tidak lebih daripada sikap takbur mendahului nasib.

Andrea Hirata