The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

War -- what a waist of time. It's all about great achievements for the very few but hideous losses for the very many.

Source Unknown

Love one another.

William H. Seward

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Milan Kundera

They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance and this girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.

Charles Dickens

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

G. K. Chesterton

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.

Diane Wakoski

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

Criss Jami

There is no UnDo in real-life.

Marcos Figueira

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

Jeff Foxworthy

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

John F. Kennedy

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

Source Unknown

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be myself.

Roseanne Barr