A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength. Proverbs 24:5

What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

Albert Einstein

Not only is the self entwined in society it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

Theodor Adorno

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

George William Curtis

I like to skate on the other side of the ice.

Steven Wright

I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation, karma, all that stuff.

Bjorn Lomborg

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

Ken Blanchard

In Will's experience, when someone who ought to be afraid wasn't, the reason was rarely bravery. Usually it meant that they knew something you didn't.

Cassandra Clare

If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value.

Kim Stanley Robinson

From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.

Tony Campolo

The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.

Tom Baker

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

Bernadette Peters

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half of life consists of the chance without the capacity

Mark Twain