* Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. — George Hegel
* We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring. — Georges Jacque Danton
* The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars But in ourselves, that we are underlings. — Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
* Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. —John Milton (Paradise Lost)
* I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. — W. E. Henley (Invictus)
* The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. — Dorothy Nevill
* It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life. — Randall Jarrell
* Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. —Garrison Keillor
* Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk or discourse, but to weigh and consider. — Francis Bacon
* Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. —Richard Steele
* It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. — S. I. Hayakawa.