Monthly Archives: August 2013

Twain, Mark (1835 – 1910), US humourist, novelist, short story author, & wit I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. A lie can … Continue reading →

Terence (185 BC – 159 BC), Roman comic dramatist I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want. Moderation in all things. There is nothing so easy but that it becomes … Continue reading →

Tacitus, Cornelius (55 AD – 117 AD), Roman historian & politician There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations. It is the rare fortune of … Continue reading →

Jesus (7–2 BC to 30–33 AD), Jewish revolutionary, cult founder and leader, political activist, humanitarian, pacifist, egalitarian social reformer, lecturer and moral philosopher A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must … Continue reading →

Sagan, Carl (1934 – 1996), US astronomer & populariser of astronomy Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If God wanted to send us a message and ancient writing were the only way he could think of doing it, he could have … Continue reading →

Saadi (1184 – 1291), Persian poet Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant. Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments … Continue reading →

Radcliffe, Ann (1764 – 1823), English writer and pioneer of the gothic novel Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult. Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always … Continue reading →

Quindlen, Anna (b.1953), American author, journalist, and opinion columnist Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived. The thing that is really hard, … Continue reading →