To be happy man would have to make himself immortal; but, not being able to do so, it has occurred to him to prevent himself from thinking of death.

The Coward will run away from danger, only to strike in the dark. The Heroine will run through the dark, even though she knows the coward is waiting to strike.

David A. Cleinman

In schools all over the world, little boys learn that their country is the greatest in the world, and the highest honor that could befall them would be to defend it heroically someday. The fact that empathy has traditionally been conditioned out of boys facilitates their obedience to leaders who order them to kill strangers.

Myriam Miedzian

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

Atwood H. Townsend

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

George Orwell

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

Abraham Lincoln

He was a graduate of West Point, a military academy which turned young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war.

Kurt Vonnegut

Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.

William Shakespeare

Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.

Ernst Mach

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

Marston Bates

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of circumstances having power over you.

Joyce Meyer

The greatest thing about being a scientist is you never have to grow up.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.

Maya Lin