Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

Natan Sharansky

We must accept life for what it actually is -- a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

Ida R. Wylie

Our country, if that is what we want, can now permanently radiate love, understanding, the power of the spirit and of ideas. It is precisely this glow that we can offer as our specific contribution to international politics.

Vaclav Havel

The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil.

Alain de Botton

We must treasure the achievers of our land because it's they who raise the sights of all the others.

Source Unknown

Everything has two sides -- the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.

Olive Schreiner

I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.

Ritchie Blackmore

If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well.

Amy Grant

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

Eva Le Gallienne

Besides the fact that I make movies, there's nothing interesting about my life at all, unfortunately.

Jonah Hill

Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.

Elbert Hubbard

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Plato