In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
♦ Augustine of Hippo (Algeria),
« Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and the Courage to change them. »
♦ Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabia),
« Develop in your heart the feeling of love for the people. That they are either your brethren in religion, or your brethren in kind. »
♦ Quino (Argentina),
« 'They are just like us' is easily said. How long will it take us to say 'we are just like them'? »
♦ Lao Tzu (China),
« Chase after money and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. »
♦ Rafael Correa (Ecuador),
« They might cut off the flowers, but they can't stop the Spring from arriving. »
♦ Malik Ashtar (Egypt),
« Death is that in which man is pleased with abasement. And life is that in which man dies and becomes a martyr. »
♦ John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (England),
« All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. »
♦ Aesop (Ethiopia),
« It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. »
♦ Werner Heisenberg (Germany),
« The first drink from the glass of natural sciences causes Atheism, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting. »
♦ Rabindranath Tagore (India),
« Every child comes into the world with the message that God has still not been discouraged from the human being. »
♦ Molana (Iran),
« Wine in ferment is a beggar suing for our ferment; Heaven in revolution is a beggar suing for our consciousness. »
♦ Dante (Italy),
« The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crises, maintain their neutrality. »
♦ Yukio Mishima (Japan),
« 'Perhaps there has been no I.' For the first time there was strength in her eyes. 'That too is as it is in each heart.' »
♦ Jesus (Palestine),
« For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, but lose his own soul? »
♦ William Wallace (Scotland),
« I tell you the truth, freedom is among the most precious things: Thus never settle for life under the bond of slavery. »
♦ Tsar Lazar (Serbia),
« How strong is the attack suffered is not as important as how holy is the cause defended. »
♦ Ezra Pound (United States of America),
« A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. »