"The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”

“The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

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"A man may read Plato without clearly comprehending much of what he means. He cannot read him without becoming, in some degree, a changed man."

— Coventry Patmore

Literature1823–1896

#change

"I will fight for you, yes, and you will fight for me. And if you have sacrificed joy and courage and beauty and wisdom for my sake, I will give them all to you again; and yet you must also give them t…"

— Eleanor Farjeon

Literature1881–1965

#wisdom

"The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge, has resulted in a zeal without discretion that has…"

— Annie Besant

Politics1847–1933

#knowledge

"The award of the Peace Prize to these two ardent defenders of education sends out a resounding message to the world on the importance of education for building peaceful and sustainable societies."

— Irina Bokova

Politics1952

#peace