An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things.

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.

Walter Annenberg

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Edmund Burke

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

C.S. Lewis

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov)

We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won

Ronald Reagan

If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.

Ron Paul

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

LouisFerdinand Celine

I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs.

Adele

When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.

Joel Osteen

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.

Joseph Conrad

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld