Mehmet Unal

“for oftentimes God gives men a gleam of happiness, and then plunges them into ruin.”
― Herodotus, The Histories

“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literary or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race. Thank you.”
― Richard P. Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

“a single step—versus the pain of being alive.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“I see thou dost not credit what I tell thee of my lady's loveliness; but come now, since men's ears are less credulous than their eyes, contrive some means whereby thou mayst behold her naked." At”
― Herodotus, The Histories