Quotes

Civilisation is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
  -- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

To err is human, to persist in error is devilish.
  -- St Augustine of Hippo Sermons

When a man has pity on all living creatures, then only is he noble.
  -- Buddha

People who want simple solutions are mediocre; 
The ability to endure with problems is the secret of greatness.
  -- Armand Erpf

Discipline without freedom is tyranny;
Freedom without discipline is chaos.
  -- Cullen Hightower

The nice part of being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
  -- George Will, The Levelling Wind (Viking)

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble.
  -- Rudyard Kipling