“Great space has no corners.
Great talent ripens late.
Great eloquence is silent.
Great form is shapeless.
The subtle essence of the universe is hidden and
Indefinable, yet its benefit is always bestowed.”  Lao Tzu

“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.”  Orson Welles

“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.”  Abraham Lincoln

“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than there is for bread.”  Mother Teresa

“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions. It only guarantees equality of opportunity.”  Irving Kristol

“My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one’s self of the chains that shackle the spirit.”    Igor Stravinsky

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”  John F. Kennedy

“Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.”  George Bernard Shaw

“I can’t go back to yesterday – because I was a different person then.”  Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first fifty-five minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” Albert Einstein

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking back.”  Steve Jobs

“Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.” John Wooden

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”  Jacob M. Braude