"My soule her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, Th' Almighty's Mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies."

“All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.”

Source : "Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2010.

“I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth.”

“Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta.”

“Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people.”

Source : S. M. Stirling (2008). “The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change”, p.66, Penguin

“Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.”

“Invest your time, spend less of it, cause you simply can't afford it. Once spent, this time have you, gone will it be, somewhere in history.”

Source : Joshua Fernandez, “Clock On The Wall”

“When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work.”

“Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and dangerous environmental problems at every level of economic development arise from the harvesting, transport, processing, and conversion of energy”