Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

The frontier of America is on the Rhine.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.

Thomas Merton

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

David Mamet

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.

R. D. Laing

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

Simone Weil

The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.

John Podhoretz

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.

Gijs de Vries

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.

Andrew Bird

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

Margaret Cho

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?

Mother Teresa

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

Iris Dement