Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
-Mark Twain
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
-Søren Kierkegaard
The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.
The end is the beginning of all things, suppressed and hidden, awaiting to be released through the rhythm of pain and pleasure… Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected.
-Anonymous