The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upwards and leads to a perfect forgiveness. Howard W. Hunter, Speech given in October 1994 If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever. George Orwell, 1984
English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950) Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws. Baruch Spinoza
Dutch Jewish philosopher (1632 - 1677) As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you speak. Toni Morrison, American writer (1931-)
US novelist (1931 - ) Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust, Roman historian and politician (c. 86-c. 35 B.C.)
Roman historian & politician (86 BC - 34 BC) The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants beyond everything else is safety. H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956) We have placed too much hope in political and social reforms, only to find out that we were being deprived of our most precious possession: our spiritual life. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Speech to the graduating class at Harvard (1978)
Russian author & dissident in US (1918 - ) A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, in each government, in each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elites... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Commencement Address at Harvard University, June 8, 1978. Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
Russian author & dissident in US (1918 - ) It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous. Katharn Hepburn | 
