...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed in order to safeguard the rest.

Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone As when the Organ's music rolls; No gold rewards, but song alone, The deeds of great and noble souls.

says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink.

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . . he had two distinct persons in him.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

That is why you fail. .

Events are less important than our response to them.

Ye flowers that drop, forsaken by the spring, Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing, Ye trees that fade, when Autumn heats remove, Say, is not absence death to those who love?

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.

The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.

He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends: Faithful friends! It lies I know Pale and white and cold as snow; And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!" Weeping at the feet and head. I can see your falling tears, I can hear your sighs and prayers; Yet I smile and whisper this: I am not the thing you kiss. Cease your tears and let it lie; It was mine--it is not I.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.