Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else.

We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.

Otto Frank

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are foosteps on the moon.

Anon.

A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.

Paulo Coelho

The power of flies; they win battles, hinder our soul from acting, eat our body.

Blaise Pascal

Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.

Deborah Tannen

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

Norah Jones

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Hesiod

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

Frederick William Robertson

You can be shattered, and then you can put yourself back together piece by piece. But what can happen over time is this: You wake up one day and realize that you have put yourself back together completely differently. That you are whole, finally, and strong - but you are now a different shape, a different size.

Glennon Doyle Melton

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

David Soul

I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

Barbara Walters

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

George Bernard Shaw