To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Jonathan Kozol

Selfish- a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

George Eliot

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.

Carl Levin

My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I don't get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, I'm just a screwball all day long.

Rainn Wilson

Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Friedrich von Schiller

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 13 and it was something we weren't really aware of as a family.

Rima Fakih

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Publilius Syrus

I am the state.

Louis XIV

I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

Dolly Parton

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

George Washington

You never finish writing a novel, you eventually abandon it.

Tom Winton

so high, so low, so many things to know.

Vernor Vinge