Quotes from Marcus Tullius Cicero

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err gladly, and do not wish to lose so delightful an error

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we must ask is: Is it freedom from or freedom for? Rabbi Joseph H

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.