"Nature is full of by-ends. A moth feeds on a petal, in a moment the pollen caught on its breast will be wedding this blossom to another in the next county."

“May the outward and inward man be at one.”

“Remember that people come and go, and of all the people in your life, you are the one who is there to stay. You are the one who can choose to love yourself, choose to respect yourself, and promise with all your heart and soul that you will never leave you.”

“You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.”

Source : Interview with Lucy Ward, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2005.

“1 billion people are permanently and seriously malnourished. Every five seconds, a child dies.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

“In 'Tarahumara' land, there was no crime, war or theft. There was no corruption, obesity, drug addiction, greed, wife-beating, child abuse, heart disease, high blood pressure, or carbon emissions. They didn't get diabetes, or depressed, or even old: 50-year-olds outran teenagers.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.14, Profile Books

“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.”

“Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.”

“History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?”