It was not man who implanted in himself the taste for what is infinite and the love of what is immortal; these lofty instincts are not the offspring of his capricious will; their steadfast foundation is fixed in human nature, and they exist in spite of his efforts. He may cross and distort them; destroy them he cannot.
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
William Cowper (1731-1800)

For thou [God] hast made us for thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in thee.
Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

The cause of Freedom is the cause of God!
William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850)

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now—always.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)

What [medicine], what wealth, favor, authority can relieve, bear out, assuage, or expel a troubled conscience?
Robert Burton (1577-1640)

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.
Max Jacob (1876-1944)

Atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man.
John Milton (1608-1674)

A hungry man is not a free man.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965)

Although we talk so much about coincidence we do not really believe in it. In our heart of hearts we think better of the universe, we are secretly convinced that it is not such a slipshod, haphazard affair, that everything in it has meaning.
J.B. Priestly (1894-1984)

It's different for other people; but we in our green youth have to settle the eternal questions first of all. That's what we care about.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Aristotle (384-322bc)