The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde
Every man has his own courage and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have what we seek it is there all the time and if we give it time it will make itself known to us.
Thomas Merton
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
John Adams
Before success comes in any man's life he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Napoleon Hill
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
Pope John XXIII
Not everyone can be an orphan.
Andre Gide
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law but we do want them for our brothers.
Booker T. Washington
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it but is in it.
Theodor W. Adorno
My body has certainly wandered a good deal but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.
Noel Coward
