The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Thomas Jefferson

I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.

Mitch Hedberg

When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data

Henry Morris

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

Charles Bukowski

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.

Alan Greenspan

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Leonardo da Vinci

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done.

Peter Singer

Follow me on a journey into heaven and hell, past angels and devils, into the realm of dreams. That is where our souls go when we sleep, to meet up with our soul mate, to love without abandon, without regret. For in the morning we must return to life and all its painful illusions.

Valya Dudycz Lupescu

You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors -- how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices.

John Wooden

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Edward George BulwerLytton

Fall in love for as long as you can with the one who sees you when you are invisible.

Darnell Lamont Walker