Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history of violence in the universe is as inevitable as the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Sun.

Brian Swimme

Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.

Charles Sawyer

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Jim Rohn

When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the artist, the mystic, and the saint. When mankind turns instead to what can be done, altered, built, invented, in the outer world, all natural properties of men, animals, or metals become handicaps to be altered rather than clues to be followed.

Margaret Mead

He wasn't a man of erudition, yet very quickly grasped the significance of this or that problem for the state at large and for his own popularity rating. As one far removed from the sciences, he had tremendous respect for the opinions of scientists.

Yevgeniy Chazov

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

Thomas Jefferson

But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.

Edward Furlong

The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?

Damien Hirst

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

Francois Hollande

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

Mary Douglas

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

Robert Sternberg