The book is closed, the year is done, The pages full of tasks begun. A little joy, a little care, Along with dreams, are written there. This new day brings another year, Renewing hope, dispelling fear. And we may find before the end, A deep content, another friend.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

David Herbert Lawrence

There were a couple of occasions in India when I was twenty that felt to me like going out with a thimble in your hand, hoping to catch a drop of rain, and having the ocean land on your head. These experiences convinced me that there is an absolute love that pervades everything.

David James Duncan

The very definition of 'beauty' is outside.

Adam Carolla

Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.

Lewis Mumford

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

Ayn Rand

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Charlie Chaplin

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

Anne Frank

A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.

Henry David Thoreau

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

John C. Maxwell

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

John Keats

O woman, perfect woman! what distractionWas meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!

John Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas.

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

Alan Turing