A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. Diane Arbus, (1923-1971)

He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings. David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars

Battles are won by iron hearts in wooden ships. Ernst J?nger, In Stahlgewittern (The Storm of Steel)

Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. (Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens) Friedrich von Schiller, Cohen & Cohen 1960, The Penguin dictionary of quotations

A word to the wise is infuriating. Hunter S. Thompson

Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. If one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach. Pearl Buck

Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth. Pablo Picasso, Asher Lev Book

[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the...