They come into being not through demonstration but through revelation, through the medium of powerful personalities.

Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.

Vic Snyder

All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Sometimes it helps to know that I just can't do it all. One step at a time is all that's possible -- even when those steps are taken on the run.

Anne W. Schaef

You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!

J.K. Rowling

Wenn eine Frau ihre Fehler nicht charmant begehen kann, ist sie nichts als ein Weib.

Oscar Wilde

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

Meryl Streep

Why is doubt the one thing we're never skeptical of? We question other peoples' beliefs, and the more sure they are the more we doubt them. But it never occurs to us to doubt our own doubt. Question our own questions. We think our questions are answers.

Orson Scott Card

All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.

Taylor Swift

Since every man who lives is born to die, and none can boast sincere felicity, with equal mind, what happens, let us bear, nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care.

John Dryden

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Albert Einstein

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

Edward Gibbon

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Alexander McCall Smith