The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. – Lester B. Pearson

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners. – Alexis de Tocqueville

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mohandas K. Gandhi