"Man is neither angel nor brute, and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the brute.”

-Pascal

“Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.’ 

-Aldous Huxley

“When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which are contrary to their professed and conscious ideas, confusion and insincerity are bound to result.”

-John Dewey

“Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.”

-Jean Baptiste Molière, Tartuffe

“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.”
- Henry David Thoreau