“‘What fun it would be,’ he [Mustapha Mond, Resident World Controller of Western Europe] thought, ‘if one didn’t have to think about happiness.’”

Aldous Huxley Brave New World

“It is easy to despise what you cannot get."

Aesop, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com

“Kim: They [some Englishmen they just met] are only uncurried donkeys.” The lama: “Then it is not well to make a jest of their ignorance.”

Rudyard Kipling Kim

“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

Steve Jobs, quoted by Jeff Hayden on Inc. online (www.inc.com/jeff-haden/top-350-inspiring-motivational-quotes-to-tweet-and-share.html)

“The pagan set out, with admirable sense, to enjoy himself. By the end of his civilization he had discovered that a man cannot enjoy himself and continue to enjoy anything else.”

G.K. Chesterton Heretics

"He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasions."

"Italian Proverb" quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com

“What is a human life worth unless it is incorporated into the lives of one’s ancestors and set in a historical context?"

Cicero, quoted in Andrew Nikiforuk School's Out

“Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."

George Chapman, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com