"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense."

Buddha


"Have nothing in your houses that
you do not know to be useful
or believe to be beautiful."

William Morris


"Life is easy to chronicle,
but bewildering to practice."

E. M. Forster, A Room with a View