If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story. 

~ Terry Pratchett, novelist (28 Apr 1948-2015) 

It's the will that's awakened in the darkness, that brings us to a more permanent light. 

~ Doniel Katz

A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. 

~ Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (26 Apr 1889-1951) 

Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

~ Paulo Coehlo

Do not commit the error, common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind, you have failed. 

~ Jan de Hartog, playwright and novelist (22 Apr 1914-2002) 

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. 

~ Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (21 Apr 1818-1885) 

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. 

~ Fred Brooks, computer scientist (b. 19 Apr 1931) 

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. 

~ Clarence Darrow, lawyer and author (18 Apr 1857-1938) 

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all. 

~ Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (15 Apr 1920-2012) 

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. 

~ Arnold J. Toynbee, historian (14 Apr 1889-1975) 

There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. 

~ Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author (13 Apr 1743-1826)

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. 

~ Ancient Indian Proverb

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. 

~ William Wordsworth (7 Apr 1770-1850)

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking. 

~ Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (6 Apr 1741-1794) 

Curiosity is the lust of the mind. 

~ Thomas Hobbes, philosopher (5 Apr 1588-1679) 

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. 

~ Maya Angelou, poet (b. 4 Apr 1928) 

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. 

~ Milan Kundera, novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1 Apr 1929) 

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

~ Lyndon B. Johnson

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. 

~ Leo Buscaglia, author (31 Mar 1924-1998)