"Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not..." - Quote by Khalil Gibran

“Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?”

“History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.”

“Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born.”

“It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.”

“This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.”

“Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.”

“All the new people you meet, it's pretty amazing. The vampire needs new blood. And there is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.”

“It is not enough that our life is an easy one. We must live on the stretch, retiring to our rest like soldiers on the eve of a battle, looking forward to the strenuous sortie of the morrow.”

“True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth.”