"The Court abandoned the traditional constitutional meaning of 'religion' as a single denomination or system of worship and instead substituted a new 'modern' concept which even now remains vague and nebulous, having changed several times in recent years."

“The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.”

Source : Ludwig Feuerbach (1972). “The Fiery Brook: Selected Writings of Ludwig Feuerbach”, Anchor

“Everybody knew that being dead could put you in a terrible mood.”

Source : Luis Alberto Urrea (2006). “The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel”, p.8, Hachette UK

“Every time you have a crisis in a country you have an extreme wing coming up and proposing solutions. The way to fight them is by doing lots of work teaching people that every time these fascist systems gained power they ended up with big tragedies - lots of blood, lots of police, and lots of misery.”

Source : Source: progressive.org

“Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.”

Source : "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

“I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.”

“Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences”

“You know you've checked into Heartbreak Hotel for real when you feel less desirable than uncooked fish.”

Source : Plum Sykes (2007). “Bergdorf Blondes: A Novel”, Miramax Books

“One must be prepared to reject not only the schema of the physical library, which is essentially a response to books and their proliferation, but the schema of the book itself, and even that of the printed page as a long term storage device, if one is to discover the kinds of procognitive systems needed in the future.”

Source : "Quantitative measurement and dynamic library service" by Ching-chih Chen, (p. 52), 1980.