Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.

As we approach the new millennium, we see how much remains to be done to give our young and future generations a better world to live in: a more peaceful society with a healthier, cleaner environment and a pattern of sustainable development which seeks to eradicate poverty. Education is the single most powerful means to improve the quality of life... the single most powerful weapon against poverty and intolerance. Education builds a culture of peace ... it empowers human beings, both young and adult, to be effective in their chosen sphere of activity ... education in its essence, opens doors to both personal and social development.

Federico Mayor, Address at the S

From a very early age, my wife and I told our son that there are times and places for everything. I told him, look, when you're in class, you have to be quiet and listen to your teacher, but when you go out to the playground, you can scream and be silly.

Mark Hoppus

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

Miguel de Unamuno, Essays and So

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

Rollo May

The violent reaction on the recent development of modern physics can only be understood when one realises that here the foundations of physics have started moving and that this motion has caused the feeling that the ground would be cut from science.

Werner Heisenberg

Life, for the living, is a gift of opportunity; an exercise of the will to choose.

T.F. Hodge

John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

Maureen O'Hara

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Johann von Goethe

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

Sir Isaac Newton

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Michel de Montaigne

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Dale Carnegie

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

Brian Eno