There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

?I will abide by my reason, because with all its weakness there is some chance of my getting at truth through it. We should therefore follow reasons, and also sympathise with those who do not come to any sort of belief, following reason.

Swami Vivekananda

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

Benjamin Franklin

There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Merely having an open mind is nothing; the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

G. K. Chesterton

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

Henry Van Dyke

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Helen Rowland

I love being able to create something from the page and bring it to life.

Seann William Scott

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.

John Ruskin

We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.

Iain Duncan Smith

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

Amos Bronson Alcott

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing.

Marcel Proust

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

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