“If we insist on keeping Hell (or even Earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.”

To be free of destructive stress don't sweat the small stuff and by realizing that all stuff is small.

Source Unknown

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Oscar Wilde

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Aristotle

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Remy de Gourmont

I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and work in the United States federal tax court. My husband and I raised five kids. We've raised 23 foster children. We've applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.

Michele Bachmann

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Harry Belafonte

And I'm ill with the thought of your kiss, coffee-laced intoxicating on her lips... shut it out, I've got no claim on you now, I'm not allowed to wear you freedom down

A Fine Frenzy

The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes.

Percy Ross

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

Richard Powers

Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.

Gus Van Sant

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post which any human power can give.

Thomas Jefferson

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Henry Miller