The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, The medicines of the soul.

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

Alanis Morissette

Communists have become bureaucrats. If anything will destroy us, it is this.

Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov), 1922

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.

Timothy Garton Ash

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

John Newton

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Wherever you go you will find people lying to you, and as your awareness grows, you will notice that you also lie to yourself. Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves. You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Anyone can become angry that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way; this is not easy.

Aristotle

A change in bad habits leads to a change in life.

Jenny Craig

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

Alistair Darling

Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.

Groucho Marx

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

Dr. Seuss