Existence is beautiful, if you let it be. Life is not a question. There does not need to be an answer.
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.
Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred.
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
If I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law.
Carpe Diem.
Memento Mori.