There are depths in man that go to the lowest hell, and heights that reach the highest heaven, for are not both heaven and hell made out of him, everlasting miracle and mystery that he is.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

Shirley MacLaine

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

George Bernard Shaw

If mankind had not embedded itself, with the momentum of centuries and the passion of habit, in the id

Soren Kierkegaard, The Journals

Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has not grown, and one has to let them go because they're just not making headway. But we have a very clear personal relationship with the authors.

James Laughlin

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.

Andrea Dworkin

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

Zachary Quinto

They said, You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are. The man replied, Things as they are changed upon a blue guitar.

Wallace Stevens

How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.

Shel Silverstein

You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days.

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The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Richard Bach

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Andre Gide

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

e. e. (Edward Estlin) cummings