Logic is the beginning of wisdom; not the end.
–Spock Star Trek VI Final Frontier

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
–Janis Joplin

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart… Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
–Carl Jung

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
–Confucius

Remember this — very little is needed to make a happy life.
–Marcus Aurelius

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.
–Albert Einstein

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe , a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
–Albert Einstein

A man’s excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men.
–Lao Tse

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.
–Mark Twain