"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right."
—Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

"The first duty of a man is to think for himself"
—José Martí

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
—Edward R. Murrow

"The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles."
—Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 22 October 1925

"A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things."
—Barack Obama

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
—Steve Martin

"Be careful about reading health books. Or some fine day you may die of a misprint."
—Markus Herz

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you."
—Rita Mae Brown

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
—Mae West

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
—Anthony G. Oettinger

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
—Aristotle

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."
—John Lennon

"Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly."
—Langston Hughes

"May you live every day of your life."
—Jonathan Swift

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
—Aristotle, Metaphysics

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
—Oprah Winfrey

"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him."
—Martin Luther King Jr.

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
—Albert Einstein

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
—Albert Einstein

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."
—Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."
—Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us."
—Joseph Campbell

"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment."
—Rumi

"Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear."
—Paulo Coelho

"He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions."
—Confucius

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
—Rumi

"Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
—Abraham Lincoln

"Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get."
—W.P. Kinsella

"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."
—Mark Twain

"I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve."
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self?"
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"What you would seem to be, be really."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Wink at small faults—remember thou hast great ones."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Industry, Perseverance, & Frugality, make Fortune yield."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Content makes poor men rich;
Discontent makes rich men poor."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made:
What's a Sun-Dial in the Shade?"
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of Things?"
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Death takes no bribes."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"There are three Things extreamly hard: Steel, a Diamond and to know one's self."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"He that is of Opinion Money will do every Thing, may well be suspected of doing every Thing for Money."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Buy what thou hast no need of, and e'er long thou shalt sell they necessaries."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a Slave to it."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"The Wise and Brave dares own that he was wrong."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"The Proud hate Pride—in others."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Neglect mending a small Fault, and 'twill soon be a great One."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"Knaves & Nettles are akin; stroak 'em kindly, yet they'll sting."
from Poor Richard's Almanack

"There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit."
from Poor Richard's Almanack