"We should be servants of Jesus not masters of people"

“Either it is true that a medicine works or it isn't. It cannot be false in the ordinary sense but true in some alternative sense. If a therapy or treatment is anything more than a placebo, properly conducted double-blind trials, statistically analyzed, will eventually bring it through with flying colours. Many candidates for recognition as orthodox medicines fail the test and are summarily dropped. The alternative label should not (though, alas, it does) provide immunity from the same fate.”

“Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.”

“You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.]”

“Memory - that fiend, that cruel enemy of comfort.”

“Time deals gently with me; and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy ...”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: in two volumes”, p.95

“The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.”

Source : Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

“Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special”

“There's a lot of pressure on women to fulfill certain fantasies. They expect you to be a little bit of a tart, to flirt with all the men. A lot of women do it. But I'm not doing that. I talk with these guys about their wives and kids right away. When they say inappropriate things, I let them, because boys will be boys, but I'm not looking to participate in their conversations.”