We often confuse what we wish for with what is.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

Toni Morrison

But real action is in silent moments. The epochs of our life are not in the visible facts of our choice of a calling, our marriage, our acquisition of an office, and the like, but in a silent thought by the wayside as we walk; in a thought which revises our entire manner of life, and says,

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But there is no doubt in my mind that the lion belongs with it even if he cannot reveal himself to the eye all at once because of his huge dimension.

Albert Einstein

Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Eat rich strange fish, grow long bright feathers, press Form's flesh around thought's rib, and so derive From the act of beauty, beauty of the act.

Philip José Farmer

The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.

Richard Dawkins

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.

Frederick Soddy

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

Madeleine Albright

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

Elie Wiesel

Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.

Krister Stendahl

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

Louisa May Alcott