The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him better.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Marcus Aurelius

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.

Francis Schaeffer

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

Tennessee Williams

The best way to stop smoking is to carry wet matches.

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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Abraham Lincoln

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.

Leonard Brandwein

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Anthony Sampson

Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell phones and text messages, largely electronic means of communication that replace mail.

John M. McHugh

Work and wait, work and wait is what God says to us in creation.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

She was so fat that when I hit her with my car she asked why I didn't go around her and I said that I didn't think I had enough gas.

Rodney Dangerfield

On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.

Johann von Goethe

We feel and know that we are eternal.

Baruch (_Benedict de) Spinoza