Quotes from people way smarter than I am!

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind [and the rest of us kinds, I presume--sorry for the interruption!] is to survive.--Albert Einstein

Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding.--Albert Einstein

Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.--A professor of mine in 1972 (during Vietnam)