No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

John Donne

Art is meant to disturb, science reassures.

Georges Braque

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

George Carlin

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Benjamin Franklin

From childhood we are trained to compare between what we are today with what was yesterday. This comparison, this measurement, is the beginning of compromise, which is wastage of energy.

Jiddu Krishnamurti