| "A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth." »Lao Tzu |
| "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." »George Bernard Shaw |
| "Faced by the mountainous heap of the minutiae of knowledge and awed by the watchful severity of his colleagues, the modern historian too often takes refuge in learned articles or narrowly specialized dissertations, small fortresses that are easy to defend from attack." »Steven Runciman |
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