"In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost."

"O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall."

"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"

"A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence."

"Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

"For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?"

"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God--but to create him."

"Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire."

"Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; but love from look, toward school with heavy looks."

"But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without any difficulty contradict Socrates."

"The process of creating new, democratic organs of government power is beginning, and, as never before, the greatest responsibility rests with the broadcast media."

"'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'"