Max Planck

“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.”
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it”

Actual work

"Normally what I would do is post a résumé on CareerBuilder or Craigslist and I would have recruiters calling me left and right," he said. "These days finding a job is actual work. It's a full-time job."

John Chrysostom on bishops

The floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops.

…St. John Chrysostom

Paranoia

Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't really out to get
you. It is a tough world.

Lincoln

"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

-- Abraham Lincoln

Algren

Nelson Algren once said that every movement begins as a cause, becomes a business and ends up as a racket.

War

George Orwell once quipped, "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."