Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841
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Brains are the only things worth having in this world.
—L. Frank Baum, 1899When they shout “Long live progress,” always ask, “Progress of what?”
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957Once suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.
—Amelia Edith Barr, 1885The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.
—Pablo Picasso, 1964It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962All those who suffer in the world do so because of their desire for their own happiness.
—Shantideva, c. 750He knows the water best who has waded through it.
—Danish proverbGo to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCKnowledge itself is power.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.
—Alain de Lille, c. 1200