Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

Laurence Sterne

God has no intention of setting a limit to the efforts of man to conquer space.

Pope Pius XII

True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

Alexander Pope

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Blaise Pascal

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. If a wagon axle broke, you had to stop and carve a new one. To cross a river, you sometimes had to build a raft.

James Houston

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If most of those who took part in this one-dimensional debate were honest with themselves, they would admit that they do not in principle believe that the United States can do any good overseas for anyone but the American government, its armed forces, or privileged American elites.

Christopher Hitchens

The fact is, many people do not know how treat themselves and are experts at putting themselves down. In fact, if most of us were in a relationship with ourselves, we would break up with us, given how badly we treat ourselves.

Ramani Durvasula

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.

Andrew Cohen

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

Henry Fielding

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is also true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy