James Anthony Froude

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the kind suggested would be worth more than volumes of mere assertions and contradictions.

My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever.