The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

Kenneth L. Pike

The universe is infinite, and the experiences and opportunities available to us are likewise.

Stephen Richards

Sin embargo, conocí a muchos internados que supieron ser fieles a su dignidad humana hasta el mismo fin. Los nazis lograron degradarlos físicamente, pero no fueron capaces de rebajarlos moralmente.Gracias a estos pocos, no he perdido totalmente mi fe en la humanidad. Si en la misma jungla de Birkenau no todos fueron necesariamente inhumanos con sus hermanos hombres, indudablemente hay todavía esperanzas.Esta esperanza es la que me hace vivir.

Olga Lengyel

I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

Jane Birkin

Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.

Lorii Myers

I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.

Jackson Rathbone

Those who are successful give credit to their mistakes and give them a polished new name, experience.

Steve Maraboli

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Charles Montesquieu

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.

Christina Rossetti

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

E. O. Wilson

Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.

Heraclitus

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.

Robert Fulghum