We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
- William Shakespeare

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
- Alfred Korzybski

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
- Pierre Abelard

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.
- Ivy Baker Priest

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes


Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest...
- Robert Frost

The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.
- Delos B. McKown

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
- Charles DuBois

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.
- Anais Nin