• There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
  [ Douglas Adams ]


• Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
  [ Ausonius ]


• Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
  [ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary ]


• There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
  [ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary ]


• Viele denken, sie sind frei, weil sie machen koennen, was sie wollen, und merken doch nicht, dass sie ihre Diktatur in sich tragen.
  [Ernesto Cardenal]


• The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
  [E. E. Cummings]


• Dessen NOC erklaerte uns aber, dass das Mailproblem nicht an ihnen liegen koennte der ihr Router habe gar keinen Port 25. Der habe nur 16 Ports. Also kann Mails nichts mit Port 25 zu tun haben.
  [Ulli Horlacher in de.alt.sysadmin.recovery]


• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
  [By Albert Einstein]


• There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything ist.
  [Albert Einstein]


• Imagination is more important than knowledge...
  [ Albert Einstein ]


• Law alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
  [ 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 ]


• Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.
  [ Albert Einstein ]


• Einer neuen Wahrheit ist nichts schaedlicher als ein alter Irrtum.
  [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]


• It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
  [ G. H. Hardy ]


• The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
  [ Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu ]


• Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
  William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)


• Life is too important to take seriously.
  [ Corky Siegel ]


• One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
  [ Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC) ]


• Aufs eigene Glueck kann man notfalls verzichten, wenn man die gluecklich macht, die man liebt.
  [ Quelle: Mir leider nicht bekannt ]