Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have is this. When I have a subject in mind. I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it... the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.

If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.

Arabic Proverb

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

Michael W. Smith

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

Deng Xiaoping

They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life.

Leo Tolstoy

The self-styled intellectual who is impotent with pen and ink hungers to write history with sword and blood.

Eric Hoffer

The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.

Christian Lous Lange

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

Eric Butterworth

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be.

Christopher Hitchens

If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.

Rachel Roy

To be conscience that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

Benjamin Disraeli

The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

Stella Adler

Le jugement du corps vaut bien celui de l'esprit et le corps recule devant l'anéantissement. Nous prenons l'habitude de vivre avant d'acquérir celle de penser.

Albert Camus