How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

I trust no one, not even myself.

Joseph Stalin

But you're dead,' said Harry.'Oh, yes,' said Dumbledore matter-of-factly.'Then... am I dead too?''Ah,' said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. 'That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not.

J.K. Rowling

May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.

Kate Forsyth

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.

Christopher Lasch

Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.

Henry A. Wallace

Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

George Herbert

Gentlemen prefer bonds.

Andrew William Mellon

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose.

Jo Coudert

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

B. R. Ambedkar

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

Xun Zi

Nothing excited me more than opening up the atlas and seeing places and seas, imagining what they looked like and what kind of life the people had.

Lewis Gordon Pugh