Oliver Johnson

“Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor”
― Alexis Carrel

“When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence.”
― Gary Lloyd

“I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted, or a life so full of stimulus that you are easily bored.”
― Bill Bryson, Lost Continent: Travels In Small-Town America

“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right”
― Martin Luther King Jr.