Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

The life of a high achiever is one of give-and-receive. We receive that which we are willing to first give out. Therefore, to grow and achieve we must first be willing to help others grow and achieve, and, in so doing, the light of reciprocal achievement will brightly shine upon us.

Greg Werner

Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.

Cassandra Clare

Show him who I am, so he will pity me instead of fearing me. And then we can turn pity into compassion, and compassion into understanding, and understanding into affection, and affection into love, and love into life, the life of our children, the life of the new self we will become together.

Orson Scott Card

It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

Frederick William Robertson

What is art but a way of seeing?

Saul Bellow

If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.

Johann von Goethe

Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world.

William James

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

Whenever the essential nature of things is analysed by the intellect, it must seem absurd or paradoxical. This has always been recognized by the mystics, but has become a problem in science only very recently.

Fritjof Capra

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Mortimer Caplan

I'm coming out with a wine... I'm actually a restaurateur. I have Famous Famiglia Pizzeria that has opened up in the Sacramento airport. I'm also working with my business partner on opening up the Linnethia Lounge.

NeNe Leakes

I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film.

Donald Sutherland