From the time of Kepler to that of Newton, and from Newton to Hartley, not only all things in external nature, but the subtlest mysteries of life and organization, and even of the intellect and moral being, were conjured within the magic circle of mathematical formulae. –Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. –Buddha

The wind does not talk with more gentleness to giant oaks than to the smallest leaf of grass. –Kahlil Gibran

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. –Mahatma Gandhi