If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking. Andrea Junker
American leaders - eternally proving this place to be a land of cowards built by slaves on the bones of indigenous peoples. Andrew Tanner
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch
I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street. Stephen Hawking
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances. James Allen
Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say. Andy Stanley
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Bertrand Russell
In the New Earth we are creating, we need lusty compassion and ecstatic duty, ingenious love and insurrectionary beauty. We need radical curiosity and reverent pranks, voracious listening and ferocious thanks. Rob Brezsny
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. Douglas MacArthur
Science arose from poetry... When times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. Johan Goethe
