And back again

"We all travel the milky way together, trees and men; but it never occurred to me until this storm-day, while swinging in the wind, that trees are travelers in the ordinary sense. They make many journeys, not extensive ones, it is true; but our own little journeys, away and back again, are only little more than tree-wavings -- many of them not so much."

John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

The voice of the necessary

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

Hans Hofmann, painter (1880-1966)

King of my castle

"I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself."

Pietro Aretino, satirist and dramatist (1492-1556)

Loyalties

"It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time."

Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (1913-1983) 

Fish-it

“Academics like to eat shit, and in a pinch, they don’t care whose shit they eat.”

Stanley Fish (1938 - )


Many thanks to Seb for this one!