There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. – Plato
Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road Which to discover we must travel too. – Edward Fitzgerald
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even… without any hope of doing it well. – Oliver Herford
