Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

what is right and what is wrong are simply different ways of understanding our relationships with the others, not that which we have with ourselves

The lights flickered, the pain went away, and her mother was holding her, singing ‘Sleep sweet sleep’. (The Children of Ankh series) Kim Cormack

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

I don't shop by brand loyalty at all. I'm just drawn to what I like when I shop.

The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big.