Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

Elie Wiesel, Nobel lecture, Oslo

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Thomas Mann

Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping.

Victor Hugo

It's a very strange thing, love. You can't get rid of it. If you try to give it out, you get more back. If you try to hang onto it, you lose it.

Warren Buffett

I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.

Jane Austen

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.

Arabic Proverb

We have been educated to such a fine -- or dull -- point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

Henry Miller

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Aldous Huxley

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh - anything but work.

Abraham Lincoln

I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke 16:3

Bible

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Charles Darwin, (attributedunsou