Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write, who however wrote much and well but too often by rote.
William HazlittWhat you see but can't see over is as good as infinite.
Thomas CarlyleIs it not rather what we expect in men that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
George EliotThere are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
John Stuart MillReligion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
Bertrand RussellGenius begins great works, labor alone finishes them.
Joseph JoubertI'm an optimist.
William ShatnerWhen the voices of children are heard on the green / And laughing is heard on the hill / My heart is at rest within my breast / And everything else is still.
William BlakeThe supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Elbert HubbardA man of courage is also full of faith.
Marcus Tullius Cicero