Albert Einstein

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new
Albert Einstein

Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile / La paz comienza con una sonrisa. ~Mother Teresa

John Donne

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet am mine own executioner.
John Donne

Edgar Allan Poe

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe

Death, be not proud

Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet 10)
by John Donne

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy'or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.