Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Am I An Atheist1 Or An Agnostic?, 1947 When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some thi...

Truth is generally the best vindication1 against slander2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864 There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth. Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950) Belie...

For somehow this is tyrannys disease, to trust no friends. Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Prometheus Bound I never trust peoples assertions, I always judge of them by their actions. Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764...

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan He plants trees to benefit another generation. Caecilius Statius (220 BC - 168 BC), Synephebi Train up a fig1 tree in the way it should...

He who would travel happily must travel light. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944) Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt When you travel, remembe...

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance1 in the entire population. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) In the modern world, self-control buys a g...

The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate1 to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), The Myth of Sisyphus No man deserves punishment for his thoughts. Anonymous1 When I only begin to read, I forget Im on this world. It lifts me o...

The world is round; it has no point. Adrienne E. Gusoff I think the world is run by C students. Al McGuire The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) In the fight betwe...

This only is denied to God: the power to undo1 the past. Agathon (448 BC - 400 BC), from Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics2 Those who cannot remember the past are condemned3 to repeat it. George Santayana (1863 - 1952), The Life of Reason, Volu...