Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if faint and forced the laughter, and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.

I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears

Paulo Coelho

Love is to be nurtured, protected, and respected, and entered into with a clear mind and a sound heart.

Denene Millner

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

Bertha von Suttner

The more a man takes the needs of others on his own heart, the more he must take his own heart to God.

Source Unknown

Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

C.S. Lewis

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.

Stafford Cripps

Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business.

Gwyneth Paltrow

The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with.

Robert Nelson

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.

Guru Nanak

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Voltaire

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Joseph Joubert

Love is the self delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex.

Daniel S. Greenberg