thought = new Array(42);

thought[0]  = "Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Bertrand Russell</em></strong>";

thought[1]  = "The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Henry Ward Beecher</em></strong>";

thought[2]  = "I must study politics and ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.&quot;<br><strong><em>- John Adams</em></strong>";

thought[3]  = "No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Marian Wright Edelman</em></strong>";

thought[4]  = "The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Mark Twain</em></strong>";

thought[5]  = "Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Buddha</em></strong>";

thought[6]  = "Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Charlotte Perkins Gilman</em></strong>";

thought[7]  = "Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Demosthenes</em></strong>";

thought[8]  = "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Philip K. Dick</em></strong>";

thought[9]  = "An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Sydney J. Harris</em></strong>";

thought[10]  = "Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.&quot;<em><br>(On Being a Teacher, 1981)</em><br><strong><em>- Jonathan Kozol</em></strong>";

thought[11]  = "The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Helen Keller</em></strong>";

thought[12]  = "Judge a person by their questions rather than by their answers.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Voltaire</em></strong>";

thought[13]  = "He who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Joan L. Brandon</em></strong>";

thought[14]  = "If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standards of nonconformity.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Ralph Waldo Emerson</em></strong>";

thought[15]  = "The only way to have a friend is to be one.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Ralph Waldo Emerson</em></strong>";

thought[16]  = "Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Albert Einstein</em></strong>";

thought[17]  = "Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Ben Franklin</em></strong>";

thought[18]  = "You've got to stand for something or you will fall for anything.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Unknown</em></strong>";

thought[19]  = "Alas... there is no way to recover lost time, but you learn to make use of what is left once you realize what you have lost.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Yvonne Hugli</em></strong>";

thought[20]  = "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Unknown</em></strong>";

thought[21]  = "Its better to be silent and be called a fool than to speak and remove all doubt!&quot;<br><strong><em> - Anonymous</em></strong>";

thought[22]  = "Faith isn't faith until it is all you have.&quot;<br><strong><em> - Unknown</em></strong>";

thought[23]  = "Your thoughts become your words.<br>Your words become your actions.<br>Your actions become your habits.<br>Your habits become your character.<br>Your character becomes your destiny.&quot;<strong><em><br> - Unknown</em></strong>";

thought[24]  = "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten &quot;<br><strong><em>- Anthony Robbin</em></strong>";

thought[25]  = "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Sir James Dewar, </em></strong><em>Scientist (1877-1925)</em></strong>";

thought[26]  = "When a politician changes his position, it's sometimes hard to tell whether he has seen the light or felt the heat.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Robet Fuoss</em></strong>";

thought[27]  = "Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.&quot;<br><strong><em>- John V. Lindsay,</strong> former NY politician</em></strong>";

thought[28]  = "The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Tacitus</em></strong>";

thought[29]  = "The deterioration of a government begins almost always by a decay of its principles.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Montesquieu </em></strong";

thought[30]  = "It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Justice Robert H. Jackson</em></strong>";

thought[31]  = "When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Thomas Jefferson</em></strong>";

thought[32]  = "It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Samuel Johnson</em></strong>";

thought[33]  = "The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.&quot;<br><strong>- <em>Bill Clinton, </em></strong><em>10/15/95</em></strong>";

thought[34]  = "The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Margaret Thatcher</em></strong>";

thought[35]  = "Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Unknown</em></strong>";

thought[36]  = "To be loved, be lovable.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Ovid</em></strong>";

thought[37]  = "Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.&quot;<br><strong><em>- Laurance Peter</em></strong>";

thought[38]  = "They talk most who have the least to say.&quot; <br><strong><em>- Mathew Prior</em></strong>";

thought[39] ="In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.<br><em><strong>-- George Orwell, 1984 </strong></em>";

thought[40] ="<strong>Regarding Americans</strong><br>Are we self-governing citizens of a democratic republic, or are we a herd of cash cows divided into target markets?<br><em><strong>- Sheila Hale</strong></em>";

thought[41] ="<strong>What is faith?</strong><br>When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly<br><em><strong>- Patrick Overton</strong></em>";

index = Math.floor(Math.random() * thought.length);