Blessed are they who heal us of self-despising. Of all services which can be done to man, I know of none more precious.

We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day.

Anne Hathaway

The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.

Ludwig Quidde

Civility costs nothing.

Proverb

Adversity is only yet another means to remind us of 'How Truly Awsome We All Are'!

W. O. Wainwright

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

Natalie Imbruglia

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Isaac Asimov

'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.

Eddie Van Halen

We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

Pierre Corneille

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.

Steve Guttenberg

The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but safety is of the Lord.

Bible

If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.

Robert Collier

The dove loves when it quarrels; the wolf hates when it flatters.

Saint Augustine