What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal
— Albert Pike
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives
— Robert South
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence
— Christopher Hitchens
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child
— Chinese Proverb
There is but one morality, as there is but one geometry
— Voltaire
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers
— Plato
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful
— Samuel Johnson
They know enough who know how to learn
— Henry Adams
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience
— Albert Einstein
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence
— Bertrand Russell
We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time
— T.S. Eliot
I have no problem with Christ, but in my experiences Christians are rarely Christ-like
— Dalai Llama
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so
— Earl of Chesterfield
You choose your thoughts
— Louise L. Hay
I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness, light persists