“To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.” ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“A so-called good to which we surrender loses its ethical value. Not that there is anything bad to it on that score, but to have succumbed to it may breed trouble. Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.” – Carl Gustav Jung

“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be his world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.”
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818

I recently read this quote
‘If you are grateful I will give you more of My Blessings; but if you are ungrateful verily, My punishment is indeed severe.’
I believed it was an usual new age writer, but – with my surprise – I discovered that it is a quote from Quran (14:7).
I asked about it to a muslim friend, and he said to me that – in spite usual prejudice – gratitude and peace are the core of the teachings of Islam, and that we must be grateful to God, not just for what we perceive to be blessings but for all circumstances.
I was really surprised, and I think we need to know better something before to talk about it.

“When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.”
Chief Tecumseh Shawnee (1768–1813), Native American Leader