One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. - Amos Bronson Alcott
The wise speak only of what they know.
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. - Gandalf the Grey
The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the character of seers. You love them because you say, These things were not made, they were seen. - John Jay Chapman
there is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening - Marshall McLuhan
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Henry David Thoreau