PhD, LINGUISTICS

.”To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”—LAO TZU, Taoist Healer

“Courage is knowing when not to fear.”—PLATO, Athenian Philosopher

“When I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the Earth.”—PTOLEMY, Egyptian Astronomer

“I am because we are.”—UNKNOWN, Ubuntu Proverb

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, English Playwright

“It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence.”—PYTHAGORAS, Ionian Mathematician

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”—PLUTARCH, Greek Biographer

“Life begins on the other side of despair.”—JEAN PAUL SATRE, French Existentialist

“The Earth is my mother, and on her bosom, I shall repose.”—TECUMSEH, Shawnee Tribe Orator

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."”—CONFUCIUS, Chinese Theorist

“Thus shall you go to the stars.”—VIRGIL, Roman Poet

“Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”—ALBERT EINSTEIN, German Physicist

“I began to have doubts about the truth of all philosophers and started to investigate the secrets of nature.”—Gerardus Mercator, Flemish Geographer

“The only thing I know is that I paint because I need too.”—Frida Kahlo, Mexican Painter

“Meditation gives birth to perseverance, and perseverance ends in perception, and what is accomplished with perception cannot easily be rooted out.”—SAINT TERESA OF AVILA, Carmelite Nun