Clarence Darrow

"You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free."

- Clarence Darrow, lawyer

Aristotle

"In justice is all virtues found in sum."

- Aristotle, philosopher

Isaac Asimov

"The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you."

- Isaac Asimov, author and biochemist

George Bernard Shaw

"We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession."

- George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic

Margaret Cho

"Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion."

- Margaret Cho, comedian, actress, author

Albert Schweitzer

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

- Albert Schweitzer, theologian, musician, philosopher and physician

William James

"To change one's life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions."

- William James, philosopher and psychologist

Mark Twain

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

- Mark Twain, author

Walter Lippman

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much."

- Walter Lippman, journalist, author and political commentator

Martin Luther King Jr.

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice."

- Martin Luther King Jr., social activist and reformer

Susan Ertz

"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."

- Susan Ertz, author

Henri-Frederic Amiel

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."

- Henri-Frederic Amiel, philosopher, poet, critic

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad"

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet and professor

Karla McLaren

"Emotions are celebrated and repressed, analyzed and medicated, adored and ignored -- but rarely, if ever, are they honored."

- Karla McLaren, self-help author

George Santayana

"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

John Wooden

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

- John Wooden, basketball coach

Ronald Reagan

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help'"

- Ronald Reagan, former US president

Blaise Pascal

"The heart has its own reasons which reason knows not of."

- Blaise Pascal, mathematician, philosopher, physicist

Anne Frank

"Parents can only give good advice or set them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands"

- Anne Frank, diarist

Robert G. Ingersall

"Hope is the only universal liar which never loses its reputation for veracity."

- Robert G. Ingersall, veteran, politician and orator

Albert Einstein

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

- Albert Einstein, physicist

Marianne Williamson

"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

- Marianne Williamson, activist, author and lecturer

Henry David Thoreau

"The world is but a canvas to the imagination."

- Henry David Thoreau, author, poet, development critic

Coldplay

"If you never try, you'll never know
Just what you're worth."

- Coldplay, "Fix You"

Victor Hugo

"People do not lack strength, they lack will."

- Victor Hugo, poet, playwright, novelist, statesman, human rights activist

Robert Frost

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference."

- Robert Frost, poet
'The Road Not Taken'

Pierre Abelard

"The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth."

- Pierre Abelard, philosopher and theologian

Adrienne Rich

"When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her."

- Adrienne Rich, poet

Albert Camus

"Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic."

- Albert Camus, author, philosopher and journalist

Daniel J. Boorstin

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."

- Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, author, statesman