Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land . . .

Harriet Tubman, In Harriet Tubma

I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy.

Kelly Miller

Life is a sum of all your choices.

Albert Camus

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

Leon Kass

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

Sir Thomas Browne

People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk about it.'

Jane Asher

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I think that is the only way to keep adding to one's talent, and one's inner happiness.

George Sand

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

Edvard Munch

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Louisa May Alcott

I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

Sloane Crosley

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

Adlai Stevenson

I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.

Colin Firth