How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. – Alfred de Musset

The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them. – Albert Einstein, letter to Sigmund Freud, 1932 July 30th

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. – Vincent Van Gogh

History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve. – Charles de Gaulle