We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors. It should be a rule that bad writers must start with plain heroines and ordinary mornings, and, if they are able, work up to something better.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.

Kevin Bacon

A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.

Michael Bolton

Una rosa se despertó en su sangre y ensombreció sus mejillas. Un agitado aliento separó los pétalos de sus labios, que temblaron. Sobre ella sopló algún viento sur de pasión y movió los delicados pliegos de su vestido

Oscar Wilde

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

William Shakespeare

Music is the emotional life of most people.

Leonard Cohen

Without war there are no heroes.What harm would that be?Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions.

Charles A. Garfield

There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Love lasteth long as the money endureth

William Caxton