Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Failed experiments in ecumenism and social politics suggest that unity is not to be found in mass movements of like-minded people sharing common perspectives and policies. ... Experience suggests that unity embraces the multitude of our differences, that community is often far from cozy, and that conversion does not mean changing others to our point of view but perhaps just the opposite -- weaning each and every person and institution from the arrogant exclusivism that prevents genuine conversation. ... God comes to us, to rescue us not only from our enemies but also from our friends, not only from strangers but also from familiars, that we might see beyond these discriminating distinctions to a new way of relating.

Sam Portaro, A Companion to the

Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.

Rashida Jones

The most complicated skill is to be simple.

Dejan Stojanovic

Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.

Proverb

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Johann von Goethe

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

Steven Spielberg

In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.

George Papandreou

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

G. K. Chesterton

The horizon of many people is a circle with zero radius which they call their point of view.

Albert Einstein

The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.

Stephen Richards

You do not need the bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate.

Richard A. Weatherwax

All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.

Angelina Jolie