The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.

Liberty is a harsh mistress. You cannot pick and choose what you like and dislike about her. Liberty will not change her principles for you, no matter how much you claim to love her. She will stand fast in her demands for total acceptance. If you can't receive her, she will recognize you as a false lover and leave you. And when you hear that door slam, it will take every tear in your eye, every ounce of blood in your veins, and all the nerve in your heart to win her back.

Bill Masters

In the last analysis, what we ARE communicates far more eloquently than anything we SAY.

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nature as a whole was an exceptionally fine illustration of science.

Yann Martel

What can promote innocent mirth, and I may say virtue, more than a good riddle?

George Eliot

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

Angelina Jolie

Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.

Delmore Schwartz

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

Isaac Disraeli

Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.

Thomas Szasz

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Patti Smith

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Madame de Stael

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

Bodhidharma

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron