“One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.” John Kenneth Galbraith

“People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.” Anthony de Mello, Awareness: A de Mello Spirituality Conference

“God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through Life with our eyes shut.” Alexander Graham Bell

“It's a pretty amazing to wake up every morning, knowing that every decision I make is to cause as little harm as possible. It's a pretty fantastic way to live.” Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” Frank Lloyd Wright

“I love nature, I just don't want to get any of it on me.” Woody Allen

Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11

“Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language.” Aldo Leopold, A Sand County

“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.” Anton Chekhov

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matt 6:33

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Rom 8:28

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” George Burns

“The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.” William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” Mark Twain

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isa 53:5

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Josh 1:9

“I was very surprised when last I bought a packet of cigarettes and had to request a refund as I read a warning that told me "smoking can cause fatal lung cancer".” Robert Clark

“I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.” Arthur C. Clarke

“Willpower subverts passion. Bureaucracy subverts willpower. Idiocy subverts bureaucracy.” Bauvard, Evergreens Are Prudish

“Politicians are like warts on the body of society. And the only thing worse than warts are lawyers and lobbyists. ” Jarod Kintz