_Quotes

Within the woods, Whose young and half transparent leaves scarce cast A shade, gray circles of anemones Danced on their stalks. - William Cullen Bryant, The Old Man's Counsel. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Flowers#Anemone

Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen. Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs. - Konrad Zuse Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur. Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. - Cicero, Tusculanarum Disputationum, I. 45 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Glory

I know there is a God — I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it — if he has a place then I am ready — we see the hand. - John F. Kennedy paraphrasing a statement by Abraham Lincoln; quoted in The New York Times (15 May 1964) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Storm

Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship. - Thomas Aquinas, uaestiones disputatae: De caritate (ca. 1270) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charity