Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

Allan Bloom, The Closing of the

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things

Confucius

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Thomas Szasz

The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as 'better.'

Neale Donald Walsch

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

Amanda Bynes

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

Paul Brown

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

Plato

Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things connected with it should be directed to its ultimate object, the Benefit of Humanity. Human sacrifice is a matter of ancient history.

Jigoro Kano

Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!

Dick Clark

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,Is wetter water, slimier slime!And there (they trust) there swimmeth OneWho swam ere rivers were begun,Immense, of fishy form and mind,Squamous, omnipotent, and kind.

Rupert Brooke, Heaven (1914 and

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.

Salma Hayek

I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality

Mahatma Gandhi