There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above each other---by language, which is the parent, and not the child, of thought.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

Noel Coward

Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.

Herbert Agar

But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong.

George Orwell

True art comes out of an artist's urgent need to express the feelings that have formed inside him, just as a mother needs to give birth to her baby. False art answers only to profit.

Leo Tolstoy

Keyakinan bagi saya...seperti wewangian. Kita benar-benar bisa merasakannya, mencium aromanya, tapi susah untuk mendefinisikannya terutama kepada orang yang belum pernah, belum bisa atau memang tidak mau mencium aroma wewangian tersebut.

Valiant Budi

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

Clarence Darrow

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business.

Henry David Thoreau

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

Franz Liszt

However cozy things seemed, the facts of life were the same. You couldn't escape death: It would get us all in the end.

Rachel Ward

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

Albert Einstein

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

Mark Twain

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

Charles J. Givens