The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Samuel Johnson)

When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. (Robert Pirsig)

I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. (E. E. Cummings)

The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’. (unknown)

Life is pleasant.Death is peaceful.It’s the transition that’s troublesome. (Isaac Asimov)

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. (H. H. Munro (Saki))

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. (Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode)

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. (Thomas Henry Huxley)

It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. (Carl Sagan)

When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. (Robert Pirsig)

If a man does his best, what else is there? (General George S. Patton)

If you are going through hell, keep going. (Sir Winston Churchill)