"The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident." — Francesco Guicciardini

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be." — Daniel J. Boorstin

"The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason." — Charles Darwin

"Words are but pictures of our thoughts." — John Dryden

"There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves." — Robert Quillen

"Doubt is the father of invention." — Ambrose Bierce

"Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge." — Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul." — Rebecca West

"Work is much more fun than fun." — Noel Coward