We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly conduit, a connecting link between earth and sky. As I grew and stumbled and, most important, as I began to love and be loved, I realized that the ultimate priest is the lover inside us

Marianne Williamson

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

Tertullian

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Victor Kiam

Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

Work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else.

Ray Prince

Before eating, always take a little time to thank the food.

American Indian Proverb, Arapaho

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion.

Mollie Marti

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.

Dave Eggers

Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not.

Arnold Beisser

When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.

Natalie Clifford Barney

All war propaganda consists, in the last resort, in substituting diabolical abstractions for human beings. Similarly, those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder.

Aldous Huxley