What are we then? How little more alas / Is man now, than before he was? --- John Donne, The Calm

Darkness, light’s elder brother, his birthright / Claims o’er this world. John Donne, The Storm

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. --- Carl Friedrich Gauss

Have more fun --- Sean Horgan

The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. --- Albert Einstein

Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. --- Pericles

Know thyself --- Seneca

Our plans for the future descend from the past --- Seneca

Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values --- Victor Frankl

Life is long if you know how to use it. --- Seneca