Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
Blaise Pascal
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish to bewail it senseless.
W. Somerset Maugham
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Aldous Huxley
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore they had better aim at something high.
Henry David Thoreau
You don't read in your own field. You read in that field when you're young so that you can learn.
Ray Bradbury
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Sun Tzu
When power leads man toward arrogance poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy
There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody I don't get to go to their ballgame I don't get to marry everybody but the pros are you get all this community 800 ushers come in to serve getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.
Joel Osteen
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Barack Obama
