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- Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- ...[I] put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- John Gillespie Magee Jr., High Flight
- It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Boswell's Life, 1770
- The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
- John Philpot Curran, in a speech July 10, 1790
- Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all art and science. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
- Margaret Lee Runbeck
- The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Nevill
- Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems.
- Michael J. Tucker
- There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
- Montesquieu, 1742
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