You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEPain is short, and joy is eternal.
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Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty’s work, and Down with Authority her war-cry.
BENJAMIN TUCKER -
A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.
LANGSTON HUGHES -
In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Or to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you – and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God.
ABDU'L-BAHA -
A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.
ANDREW CUOMO -
Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
MEL BROOKS -
The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
BARBARA BUSH -
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
JOHN LOCKE -
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
WILLIAM JAMES -
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI -
The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
ABRAHAM KUYPER -
Sure enough at Oxford, I was another Yank half a step behind.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON -
I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
BEAR BRYANT -
Seth heard the rocking horse clattering down the staircase, the twang of bowstrings, and the overlapping beat of several other projectiles thudding against the door. “That was awesome,” Seth told Kendra. “You’re psychotic,” Kendra replied.
BRANDON MULL