“Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.” - George Bernard Shaw German pianist and composer Johannes Br...

“Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.” - Knute Rockne The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is a very ...

“With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood…” - Isadora Duncan “OVUM DONORS: Healthy women between 18 and 35 years are required for ...

“This is the spot where I am mortal…” - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Memento mori! This, in Latin, means “be mindful of dying” or...

“Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.” - Adam Clarke Yesterday was “Clean Monday” for Greek Orthodox people, marking the b...

“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” - Peter Ustinov The weekend was very busy, as I was working away on my two special projects...

“Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.” - Zhuangzi Fo...

“The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.” - Aristotle Has it happened to you that you haven’t heard a song for years a...

“I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.” - Joseph Conrad It’s been a difficult wee...

“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.” - Abraham Lincoln I am no hero. I am the first to admit it and I live by the m...

“A poem begins with a lump in the throat.” - Robert Frost The moon inspires the pessimistic poet, while the sun inspires the optimist to wri...

“Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.” - John Cotton Dana This afternoon I had a visit from an old student of mine, who was in my c...

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.” - Jesse Jackson I guess it would be remiss of me not to mention the 81st Annu...

“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.” - Robert Louis Stevenson We had a gr...

“He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The United Nations (UN) Internat...

“Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.” - English Proverb The addiction of people to junk food and obesity is one of the n...

“One does evil enough when one does nothing good.” - German Proverb Today for those of the Greek Orthodox faith it is “Pork Thursday” or Tsi...

“Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” - Voltaire Love can be such difficult emotion to describe, especially...

“I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night” – Galileo Galilei Have you ever stood beneath a clear night sky out in the ...

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” - e.e. cummings At the weekend we watched a British comedy series on DVD. We certainl...