Quotes Worth Quoting

"It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths."

--Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

--Aristotle.

"To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself."

-- East of Eden, John Steinbeck.

"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. "

-- The Matrix (Morpheus)

"One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and more symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies."

-- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.

"The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or — if they think there is not — at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it. "

-- C.S. Lewis.

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. "

-- Hamlet, Shakespeare.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." -- Proverbs 1:7.

"It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. "

-- Voltaire.

"Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on earth tolerable."

-- Nicholas Hornby.

"Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them."

-- William Shakespeare.

"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three."

-- Catch-22, Joseph Heller.