We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice - that is, until we have stopped saying It got lost, and say, I lost it.

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

Louis XIV

Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exceptionally high-minded communities, rise to any considerable extent above this level. But there is a third stage of religious experience which belongs to all of them, even though it is rarely found in a pure form: I shall call it cosmic religious feeling. It is very difficult to elucidate this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding to it.

Albert Einstein

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

Michel de Montaigne

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

Thomas Jefferson

Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

Arthur Schopenhauer

People recognize me, call me Ron, and ask me questions. It's really cool and weird as well.

Rupert Grint

Forbidden things have a secret charm.

Tacitus

Committee--a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.

Milton Berle

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens

Plato

The best vision is insight.

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.

Mark Twain

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Louis L'Amour