To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.

John Holt

By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.

Proverb

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.

Pope Paul VI

I have a wonderful husband. I have three amazing kids.

Celine Dion

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Socrates

I could imagine it. I could remember it. But I couldn't see it again, and it occured to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.

John Green

The putter looks like a bunch of nuts and bolts welded together, but the ball goes in the hole.

Julius Boros, said after winning

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Arthur Koestler

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

Jason Lee

The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself.

F. L. Lucan

Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.

Michel de Montaigne

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

Vikram Seth