The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

Albert Schweitzer

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!

Oscar Wilde

The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

Che Guevara

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.

Helen Rowland

Never call an accountant a credit to his profession a good accountant is a debit to his profession.

Charles Lyell

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

Frances Wright

Death by starvation is slow.

Mary Austin

VolunteersMany will be shocked to find, When the day of judgement nears,That there's a special place in HeavenSet aside for volunteers.Furnished with big recliners,Satin Couches and footstools,Where ther are no committee chairmen,Nor yard sale or rest area coffee to serve.No library duty or bulletin assembly,There will be nothing to print and staple.Not one thing to fold and mail,Telephone lists will be outlawed.But a finger snap will bringCool drinks and gourmet dinnersAnd rare treats fit for a king.You ask,Who'll serve these privileged fewAnd work for all the're worth?Why, all those who reaped the benifits,And not once volunteered on Earth.

Anon., source unknown

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.

Jeremy Rifkin

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.

Victor Hugo

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams, attributed said duri