Sean Smith

“Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.”
― Baruch De Spinoza, Ethics

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“And then I'll look at you
And you'll look at me
And I'll love you,
Whoever you've grown up to be”
― Emily Winfield Martin, The Wonderful Things You Will Be