Man sollte alle Tage wenigstens ein kleines Lied hören, ein gutes Gedicht lesen, ein treffliches Gemälde sehen und, wenn es möglich zu machen wäre, einige vernünftige Worte sprechen.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

Ralph Nader

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

Donald Rumsfeld

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

Franz Kafka

A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort.

John Ruskin

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Juvenal

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Plato

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

William Albert Allard

The failure of Socialism since 1945 is that whilst encouraging us all, the creators of wealth, to produce less through strikes, it has caused us all to demand a higher level of our own product.

Brian Harris

The more opinions you have, the less you see.

Wim Wenders

To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Samuel Johnson

The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open.

Terry Eagleton

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

Sir Walter Scott