Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
-Søren Kierkegaard
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement; this is the final truth.
-Ramana Maharshi
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it.