Petimus Quotes

#1. Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly.
[Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est;
Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]

Horace

#2. Underneath the ground
you can't hear a sound
not even the sweet falling rain
you might forget about tomorrow
forget about the swallows
but they won't forget you
they won't forget you

Karl P.T. Walsh

#3. When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.

Hillary Clinton

#4. The War on Drugs and the War on Homelessness are on a collision course that no one in the media or in public life are willing to acknowledge. Ostensibly aimed at decreasing the use of illegal drugs, the War on Drugs succeeds only in increasing homelessness.

Thomas Szasz

#5. The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed and said, "This is too hard a thing to do, and it will take too long. Were it not better to count only the wise?"

Khalil Gibran

#6. The Warrior lives a life full of adventure, living on the edge of opportunity. Life on the edge keeps him in a space of heightened awareness and totally in the moment; therefore no matter what comes his way he is always prepared.

James Arthur Ray

#7. Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth.

Antoine Rivarol

#8. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Ronald Reagan

#9. The world is bound in secret knots.

Athanasius Kircher