John Gurney

“What a monument of human smallness is this idea of the philosopher king. What a contrast between it and the simplicity of humaneness of Socrates, who warned the statesmen against the danger of being dazzled by his own power, excellence, and wisdom, and who tried to teach him what matters most — that we are all frail human beings.”
― Karl R. Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde