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That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

— Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Artist

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

— Annie Besant, British Theosophist

The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.

— Max Planck, German Theoretical Physicist

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

— Charles Dickens, English Writer

If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.

— Genghis Khan, Founder of the Mongol Empire

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways. I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

— Socrates, Classical Greek Philosopher 

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

— Carl Sagan, American Astronomer
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