Nerida Patton

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
― Voltaire

“Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“Common sense is not so common.”
― Voltaire, A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary