Quotations

"There are ten strong things in the world, say the rabbis: rock is strong but iron cleaves it; fire melts iron; water extinguishes fire; the clouds bear aloft the water; the wind drives away the clouds; man withstands the wind; fear unmans man; wine dispels fear; sleep overcomes wine; and death sweeps away even sleep. But strongest of all is loving kindness, for it defies and survives death."

— Unknown author

"Wisdom comes from failure. Fail with grace."

— Unknown author

"Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow."

— Unknown author

"I am having an out of money experience."

— Unknown author

"God has no hands but your hands God has no feet but your feet God has no face but your face."

— Unknown author

"My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am."

— Unknown author

"Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye?"

— Unknown author

"Until we experience it, emptiness sounds so empty. Once experienced, All is empty by comparison."

— Unknown author

"There is less and less difference between government and a bikini: everyone wonders how it holds, and everyone hopes to see it falling."

— Unknown author

"You can't do anything to erase the past, but you can do everything to build the future."

— Unknown author

"In the United States we feel guilty for wasting time. Every American should repeat this affirmation: “I will waste more time today. I will be unproductive. I will become more and more like a birch tree."

— Unknown author

"A Short History of Medicine:
2000 BC: Here, eat this root.
1000 BC: That root is heathen, say this prayer.
1850 AD: That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
1940 AD: That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.
1985 AD: That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
2000 AD: That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

— Unknown Author

"Reverse Living: Life is tough–it takes a lot of your time, all your weekends. And what do you get at the end of it? Death, a great reward. I think that the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live twenty years in an old-age home. You are kicked out when you're too young. You get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You go to college, you party until you're ready for high school. You become a little kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little boy or girl, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating. And you finish off as a gleam in someone's eye."

— Unknown author

"Freedom is the light for which many men have died in darkness."

— Unknown author, Etched on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier