The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. 

- Jean Paul Richter, writer (21 Mar 1763-1825)

We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. 

- Fred Rogers, television host, songwriter, and author (20 Mar 1928-2003)

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back. Relax. All you need is a book.

- Dr. Seuss

It's best to give while your hand is still warm. 

- Philip Roth, novelist (b. 19 Mar 1933) 

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. 

- James Madison, fourth US president (16 Mar 1751-1836)

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. 

- Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955) 

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life. 

- Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate (13 Mar 1900-1971) 

Knowing others is wisdom; knowing the self is enlightenment.

- Tao Te Ching

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone. 
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (27 Feb 1807-1882) 

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. 

- Ansel Adams, photographer (20 Feb 1902-1984) 

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. 

Charles Darwin, naturalist, and author (12 Feb 1809-1882)

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. 

- John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (8 Feb 1819-1900) 

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

- Louis Nizer, lawyer (6 Feb 1902-1994)