In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people, or a church worthy of its congregation, or a university equal to its faculty and students. Abbey, Edward
In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert. Johnson, Samuel
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. Leonard, John
In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. Dioum, Baba
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. Lilly, John
In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection. Darwin, Charles
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. Frost, Robert
In war there is no prize for runner-up. Bradley, Omar
In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. MacArthur, Douglas
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. Churchill, Winston
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope, Alexander
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. St. Augustine
