Words of Wisdom by the Ancient & Present Greats

'Time is a river...And books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very few, endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following.' - Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

'If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.' -Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages

'The Universe is a cryptogram set up by the Almighty' -Sir Isaac Newton

'Laus Deo' "Praise God" - Inscription on eastern face of Washington Monument capstone

'Nullius in verba' "Take nobody`s word for it" - Motto of the Royal Society

'Je ova Sanctus Unus' "one true God" - (anagram) aka Isaacus Neutonus

'Service to others is the rent that you pay for your room here on earth'

-Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him); quoted by Mahatma Gandhi

'And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.' -Revelation 21:4

'Lo! some we loved, the loveliest and best

That time and fate of all their vintage prest

Have drunk their cup a round or two before,

And one by one crept silently to rest

-The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayum

"When death is regarded not (as with us) as an ultimate dissolution, but rather as a transitional (and crucial) stage of a journey, then the apparent Egyptian preoccupation with death becomes exactly the opposite of what it seems to be. It is, in fact, a preoccupation with life in the deepest possible sense." -John Anthony West, Serpent in the Sky