Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in our wake, and that we still retain some degree of power even when our spirits are low. A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.

I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.

Dave Matthews

To some extent we are all the prisoners of stereotypes; we see each other in terms of distorted and oversimplified images. Better communication in the realm of ideas, of the arts, and of science can help refashion these false images. And by seeing more clearly we may act more wisely.

Chester Bowles

America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.

Jerry Garcia

[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.

Scott Hahn

Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

L.M. Montgomery

James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them.

James Baldwin

I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy.

Conrad Black

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

J. C. Watts

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.

Thomas Adams

Love, while you are able to love.

A. Frieligrath