The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

George Washington

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.

John Naisbitt

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated -- serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.

P. J. O'Rourke

Kill me then,' panted Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only rage and contempt. 'Kill me like you killed him, you coward-'DON'T-' screamed Snape, and his face was suddenly demented, inhuman, as though he was in as much pain as the yelping, howling dog stuck in the house behind them- 'CALL ME A COWARD!

J.K. Rowling

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Francis Bacon

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.

John le Carre

Believe, if thou wilt, that mountains change their place, but believe not that man changes his nature.

Mohammed

Being seventy is not a sin.

Golda Meir

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Groucho Marx

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

John Updike

In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.

David Wilkerson

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.

Rudolf Arnheim