Pain is a very precious gift. Do not waste it. Martha Singleterry

Speak of things public to the public, but of things lofty and secret only to the loftiest and most private of your friends. Hay to the ox and sugar to the parrot. Johannes Trithemius, 1488

A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great things can really be accomplished. John Stewart Mills

True genius is always inborn and never cultivated, let alone learned. Adolf Hitler, Mien Kampf

Paranoia is just a kind of awareness, and awareness is just a form of love. Charles Manson

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. Michael Crichton, State of Fear

Of all tyrannies democracy is the most agonizing, the most inane, the absolute fall of everything great and elevated. S?ren Kierkegaard, Journal 1848

Fixed ideas are like a cramp in the foot – the best remedy against it is to tread on it. S?ren Kierkegaard, Journal, july 6., 1838