Dalai Lama
- The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity
Man: He sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present, the result being that he does not live in the present or the future. He lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.
Anne Rice
- Blood and Gold
No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of their beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems.
Thucydides
- Bravery
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them - glory and danger alike - and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
