Quotes
«Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.» — Henry David Thoreau
"Anyone who says they have never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein
«Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.» — Lama Surya Das
«I write so that my handful of pebbles, cast daily into still waters, will produce a ripple.» — Anne Schroeder
"Faith begins as an experiment and ends as an experience" -W.R. Inge
«Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?» — Roy H. Williams
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.» — Jimmy Buffett
"The primary function of the body is to carry the brain around."
Talk is cheap until you hire a lawyer."
«Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.» — Swami Vivekananda
«Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.» — John Newton
«Life is the flower for which love is the honey.» — Victor Hugo
«Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.» — Phyllis Diller
«A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.» — Fats Domino
«Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.» — Albert Einstein
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered:
“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
«Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.» — Lloyd Alexander
«Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.» — Martin Luther King Jr.
«Life is just a chance to grow a soul.» — A. Powell Davies
«There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.» — Albert Schweitzer
«Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.» — Barbara Kingsolver
«The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.» — Bertrand Russell
«Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.» — Buckminster Fuller
«If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.» — Buddha
«The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night.» — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
«The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.» — Mohandas K. Gandhi
«It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.» — Ursula K. Le Guin
«Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.» — David Byrne
«Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.» — Mark Twain
«People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.» — James Baldwin
«People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.» — Eleanor Roosevelt
«Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.» — Fran Lebowitz
«Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.» — Franklin P. Jones
«The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.» — Frederick Buechner
«The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.» — Albert Einstein
«Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.» — Alexander Pope
«Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.» — Aristotle
«When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.» — Colleen C. Barrett
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." -- Vincent Van Gogh
«What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul» — Victor Hugo
«Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.» — Mary Zimmerman
«I never understood why Clark Kent was so hell bent on keeping Lois Lane in the dark.» — Audrey Niffenegger
«I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.» — Mother Teresa
«Love is a better master than duty.» — Albert Einstein
«I love you like a fat kid loves cake!» — Scott Adams
«Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.» — Matt Groening
«Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.» — Leo Buscaglia
«I have tried to be a [wo]man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.» — Cornel West
"Anyone who says they have never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein
«Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.» — Lama Surya Das
«I write so that my handful of pebbles, cast daily into still waters, will produce a ripple.» — Anne Schroeder
"Faith begins as an experiment and ends as an experience" -W.R. Inge
«Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?» — Roy H. Williams
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.» — Jimmy Buffett
"The primary function of the body is to carry the brain around."
Talk is cheap until you hire a lawyer."
«Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.» — Swami Vivekananda
«Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.» — John Newton
«Life is the flower for which love is the honey.» — Victor Hugo
«Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.» — Phyllis Diller
«A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.» — Fats Domino
«Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.» — Albert Einstein
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered:
“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
«Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.» — Lloyd Alexander
«Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.» — Martin Luther King Jr.
«Life is just a chance to grow a soul.» — A. Powell Davies
«There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.» — Albert Schweitzer
«Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.» — Barbara Kingsolver
«The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.» — Bertrand Russell
«Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.» — Buckminster Fuller
«If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.» — Buddha
«The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night.» — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
«The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.» — Mohandas K. Gandhi
«It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.» — Ursula K. Le Guin
«Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.» — David Byrne
«Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.» — Mark Twain
«People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.» — James Baldwin
«People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.» — Eleanor Roosevelt
«Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.» — Fran Lebowitz
«Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.» — Franklin P. Jones
«The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.» — Frederick Buechner
«The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.» — Albert Einstein
«Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.» — Alexander Pope
«Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.» — Aristotle
«When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.» — Colleen C. Barrett
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." -- Vincent Van Gogh
«What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul» — Victor Hugo
«Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.» — Mary Zimmerman
«I never understood why Clark Kent was so hell bent on keeping Lois Lane in the dark.» — Audrey Niffenegger
«I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.» — Mother Teresa
«Love is a better master than duty.» — Albert Einstein
«I love you like a fat kid loves cake!» — Scott Adams
«Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.» — Matt Groening
«Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.» — Leo Buscaglia
«I have tried to be a [wo]man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.» — Cornel West
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