Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why

-Bernard Baruch

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in

-Greek Proverb

We're all someone else to everyone else

-Bill Watterson

Before you talk to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people;  Before you tell me how much you love your God show me how much you love all His children;  Before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbors.  In the end, I'm not interested in what you have to tell or sell as in how you choose to live and give.

-Cory Booker

There are no foreign lands.  It is the traveler only that is foreign.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Why should the Arabs make peace?  If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel.  That is natural:  We have taken their country.  Sure, God has promised it to us, but what does that matter to them?  Our God is not theirs.  We come from Israel, it's true, but that was two thousand years ago and what is that to them?  There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler and Auschwitz, but was that their fault?  They only see one thing; We have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?

-David Ben-Gurion

Sometimes me think "What is Friend?" and then me say "Friend is someone to share last cookie with."

-Cookie Monster

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotations

-Diogenes

It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.  But it ain't about how hard you're hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward.  That's how winning is done

-Rocky Balboa

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself

-Thomas Harris (Dr. Hannibal Lecter)