There are Seven Deadly Social Sins:--Politics without principle.--Wealth without work.--Commerce without morality.--Pleasure without conscience.--Education without character.--Science without humility.--Worship without sacrifice.

The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether.

Max Percy

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.

Oriana Fallaci

Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.

Lizzie Brochere

Of course, being brave does not mean running towards danger.

Janaki Sooriyarachchi

Thank you, Tempest, for loving me when understanding was too hard. Thank you for understanding when loving me is impossible.

Tracy Deebs

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

Agatha Christie

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

John Lubbock

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Paul Fix

All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.

Groucho Marx

An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.

Robert Frost