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Nature has placed man under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. – Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789

It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. – Anatole France

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. – Mohandas Gandhi

Probably the most honest “self-made man” ever was the one we heard say: “I got to the top the hard way — fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.” – James Thom

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. – Isaac Newton (1642–1727), spoken the evening before his death

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? – Maurice Maeterlinck

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth. – Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions

More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility. – Robert Gordon Menzies

Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push. – Joann Thomas

There are times when forgetting can be just as important as remembering — and even more difficult. – Harry and Joan Mier, Happiness Begins Before Breakfast

If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. – Albert Camus

Oh, one world at a time! – Henry David Thoreau, when asked about afterlife

I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders. – Robert G. Ingersoll

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. – Aldous Huxley

There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” – Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns Fifty, 1998

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no. – Jean Anouilh

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. – Mark Twain

Take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. – Bern Williams

A problem well stated is a problem half solved. – Charles F. Kettering