"Well, although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is, -for he knows nothing, and thinks he knows. I neither know nor think I know. In this latter particular, then, I seem to have slightly the advantage of him." - Socrates at his Trial, from Plato's Apology.
"Maybe it might not be me that touches a million people, but maybe I will touch that one that will touch a million. That's what it's about." - Charles "Mask" Lewis
"If a book be false in it's facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides if we so choose." - Thomas Jefferson
"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." - Mohandas Ghandi
"...the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." - Galileo Galilei
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free” - Benedict de Spinoza
"He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist" - Henry David Thoreau
"I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people. "
"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen. " - Desiderius Erasmus
"Maybe it might not be me that touches a million people, but maybe I will touch that one that will touch a million. That's what it's about." - Charles "Mask" Lewis
"If a book be false in it's facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides if we so choose." - Thomas Jefferson
"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." - Mohandas Ghandi
"...the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." - Galileo Galilei
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free” - Benedict de Spinoza
"He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist" - Henry David Thoreau
"I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people. "
"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen. " - Desiderius Erasmus