Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

Singular indeed that the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.

Abraham Lincoln

It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.

Betty White

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Thomas Fuller

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

Lillian Hellman

If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.

Mahatma Gandhi

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

Lauren Bacall

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.

Muriel Rukeyser

I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid.

Jane D. Hull

Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium.

Anon.

In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.

Karl Marlantes

She did not send for him until she was afraid; she was not afraid until he undid her work; he did not undo her work until he was past loving her.

Orson Scott Card

You can't make wrong work.

Gerald Waterhouse