Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

– Aristotle (a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period)

“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”

Truely a quote from the ancient Greek poet of Iliad and Odyssey fame but easily could have been from Homer Simpson!

“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

– Agatha Christie (an English writer)

“What you know, you know; what you don’t know, you don’t know. This is true wisdom.”

– Confucius (a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the 6th-5th centuries BC

“It is the historian’s function, not to make us clever for the next time, but to make us wise forever.”

– Jacob Burckhardt (a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields)

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”