"If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on."

~ Immanuel Kant

"Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect."

~ Arthur Schopenhauer

"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means."

~ George Bernard Shaw

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

~ Confucius

"Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame."

~ Arthur Schopenhauer