Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other

Samuel Johnson

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

Oscar Wilde

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work but the solidest things we know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.

James Joyce, Ulysses (p. 273 Ch

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.

Pele

This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life.

Tom McCall

The stars are constantly shining, but often we do not see them until the dark hours.

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Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.

Phylicia Rashad

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.

John Cage

Knocking the shrieking goblins aside like skittles

J.K. Rowling

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

John Perry Barlow

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

Harry Emerson Fosdick