Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival. W. Edwards Deming
US business advisor & author (1900 - 1993) As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. Publilius Syrus
(~100 BC) We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead. Publilius Syrus
(~100 BC) When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. Maurice Maeterlinck, Wisdom and Destiny, 1898
Belgian dramatist, essayist, & poet (1862 - 1949) While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death? Confucius, The Confucian Analects, bk. 11:11
Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC) Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
US black nationalist leader (1925 - 1965) The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X
US black nationalist leader (1925 - 1965) Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. Anne-Sophie Swetchine, The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869 The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind. May Sarton, Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, 1965 The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society. Emma Goldman, Living My Life, 1931
US (Lithuanian-born) anarchist (1869 - 1940) | 
