Favorite Ones

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? St. Augustine

"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld." St. Augustine

"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."St.Augustine

"In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." Aeschylus

"Love and do what you will." St. Augustine

"Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex." Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), / "The welfare of the people is the highest law."

"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death." Plato

"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."

"There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. Brutus, "Julius Caesar" Act 4, scene 3. Shakespeare

"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." Sir Winston Churchill

"Be great in act, as you have been in thought." Shakespeare

"Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none." Shakespeare

"Non è la specie più forte a sopravvivere ná le più intelligente ma quella più pronta al cambiamento." Charles Darwin

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Shakespeare

"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." Sir Winston Churchill

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Dalai Lama

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing; and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." Oscar Wilde

"Laws can embody standards; governments can enforce laws — but the final task is not a task for government. It is a task for each and every one of us. Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted — when we tolerate what we know to be wrong — when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy, or too frightened — when we fail to speak up and speak out — we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice." R. F. Kennedy

"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital, quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." R. F. Kennedy

"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made". Oscar Wilde

"You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill

"You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters." Plato, Dialogues, Theatetus

"It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive." Earl Warren

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving." Albert Einstein

"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. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible." Albert Einstein

"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."-- Leonardo da Vinci