[I]hr könnt nur frei sein, wenn selbst der Wunsch, die Freiheit zu suchen, euch zum Zügel wird und wenn ihr aufhört, von Freiheit als Ziel und Erfüllung zu reden.

I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.

Jeff Vandermeer

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

Matthew Prior

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Thomas Paine

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Benjamin Whichcote

I'm an observer. I read about life. I research life. I find a corner in a room and melt into it. I can become invisible. It's an art, and I am a wonderful practitioner.

Christine Feehan

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

Max von Sydow

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

Buddha

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

Cyril Connolly

Speech is but broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken.

George Eliot

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world. Expecting more novelty than there is, more greatness than there is, and more strangeness than there is, we imagine ourselves masters of a plastic universe. But a world we can shape to our will is a shapeless world.

Daniel J. Boorstin

We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius