He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

Claudius

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination

Andre Gide

You may be confident that if something is necessary for the carrying out of His will in your life, God is ready to give itIf they [desires] are not mere whims to bring only momentary satisfaction or glory to us but are rather true desires to accomplish more good and live more fully to His glory, then it will be in accordance with His will. Only a careful searching of your heart can allow you to know the motivation that prompts your prayer.

John Bisagno

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.

Dennis Quaid

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science.

Rene Auberjonois

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Stephen Leacock

I hear the words, the thoughts, the feeling tones, the personal meaning, even the meaning that is below the conscious intent of the speaker. Sometimes too, in a message which superficially is not very important, I hear a deep human cry that lies buried and unknown far below the surface of the person.So I have learned to ask myself, can I hear the sounds and sense the shape of this other person's inner world? Can I resonate to what he is saying so deeply that I sense the meanings he is afraid of, yet would like to communicate, as well as those he knows?

Carl R. Rogers, Experiences in C

I don't believe in an after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

Woody Allen

Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

At this point in my life, beaming confidence is largely a matter of mind over bladder control

Josh Stern

Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there.

Jerry Seinfeld

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

Johann Ludwig Tieck