We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.Richard Dawkins
When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.Douglas Coupland
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.Kahlil Gibran
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.Jean-Paul Sartre
Many a trivial novel has been written about an important subject, and many a profound one about nothing in particular.Howard Jacobson
It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.Simone Weil
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.William Shakespeare
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
