The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal Aristotle All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind Aristotle Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work Aristotle To control and sort young people for the sake of institutional efficiency is to crush the human spirit Ron Miller You cannot teach anybody anything. You can only help them discover it within themselves Galileo What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child George Bernard Shaw For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing. A central point in between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either Pascal Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect Mark Twain Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them. Therefore, it is the king of a hundred streams. LaoTze To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk Thomas Edison I have never let my schooling interfere with my education Mark Twain A person who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new Albert Einstein Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. Henry van Dyke You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Friedrich Nietzsche When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. Dom Helder Camara When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it's called ferocity. George Bernard Shaw [W]hen people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together. Isaac Asimov In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate Rene Descartes Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Rene Descartes You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?' George Bernard Shaw Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work George Bernard Shaw We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them George Bernard Shaw The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. George Bernard Shaw Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think. George Bernard Shaw Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. Thomas Edison Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. Thomas Edison Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Thomas Edison I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world Thomas Edison Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless Thomas Edison There's a way to do it better - find it. Thomas Edison Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up Thomas Edison Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. Nikola Tesla It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure. Albert Einstein Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. Albert Einstein We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. Alan Turing So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. Immanuel Kant Perpetual Peace is only found in the graveyard Immanuel Kant Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. Immanuel Kant No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law – i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself. Immanuel Kant The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Albert Camus To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom Andre Gide The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man Friedrich Nietzsche If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all Jacob Hornberger I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value Geoffrey Household If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment Ralph Waldo Emerson Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking Marcus Aurelius Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Marcus Aurelius To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution Marcus Aurelius The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks Marcus Aurelius The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury Marcus Aurelius In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life’s purpose. Epictetus What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are Epictetus If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. Epictetus We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. Epictetus No great thing is created suddenly. Epictetus The best thing to spend on your children is your time. Louise Hart Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. John Lennon All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Nietzsche Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it. Winston Churchill There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love. Washington Irving Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. Kahlil Gibran The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. Oscar Wilde Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. Sandra Carey Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it Albert Einstein Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. Oscar Wilde The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg Kahlil Gibran Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind. Albert Schweitzer Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it! Friedrich Nietzsche Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J.R.R. Tolkien