If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ~Albert Einstein

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.~Confucius

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ~Benjamin Franklin

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.~Sigmund Freud

Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.~Kurt Vonnegut

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ~Benjamin Franklin