“We must be what we are, or we become our enemies.”
Guy Gavriel Kay (1954) Canadian author of fantasy fiction
Source: A Song for Arbonne
The Prince in Waiting
“We must be what we are, or we become our enemies.”
Guy Gavriel Kay (1954) Canadian author of fantasy fiction
Source: A Song for Arbonne
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 18th President of the United States
To Otto von Bismarck in June 1878, as quoted in Around the World with General Grant http://www.granthomepage.com/grantslavery.htm (1879), by John Russell Young, The American News Company, New York, vol. 7, p. 416 <br class="br">1870s, Around the World with General Grant (1879)
Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981) Mauritian artist
Sens-plastique
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War
Book VI, 6.23-[2]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book VI
Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)
“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) German theoretical physicist
Source: Across the Frontiers
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 23, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations http://archive.org/details/dictionaryquota02harbgoog (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 320