As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, when the hot water gives out or goes tepid, so is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, o my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught

St. Thomas Aquinas

O can't you see, brother -- Death's a congested road for fighters now, and hero a cheap label.

C. D. Andrews

He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him), and took a sort of pleasure in thinking that human affairs would never improve.

George Orwell

To know the true reality of yourself, you must be aware not only of your conscious thoughts, but also of your unconscious prejudices, bias and habits.

Source Unknown

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Sholom Aleichem

You say that in heaven there is eternal beauty. The eternal beauty is here and now, not in heaven.

Osho

I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.

Pratibha Patil

I don't like Paris so much, and it's only eight shows. I mean, don't tell them that, of course. But everyone always thinks they're so important. And I'm sure they are. But to me, my happiness is more important.

Gisele Bundchen

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.

Byron J. Langenfield

I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.

Trenton Lee Stewart

Know, dear little one! our Father Will no gentle deed disdain: Love on the cold earth beginning Lives divine in Heaven again, While the angel hearts that beat there Still all tender thoughts retain.

Adelaide Anne Procter

Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something.

Mark Rylance