Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.

John Ruskin

Is it easy? Usually not. But you don't forgive people for their benefit. You do it for your benefit.

Andrew Matthews

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Baruch Spinoza

Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I as steadfastly believe

Thomas Jefferson

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage.

William Hazlitt

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.

Andre Malraux

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

Mario Batali

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

Cyril Connolly

Without great solitude no serious work is possible.

Pablo Picasso

In terms of the technology I use the most, it's probably a tie between my Blackberry and my MacBook Pro laptop. That's how I communicate with the rest of the world and how I handle all the business I have to handle.

John Legend

Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

Don DeLillo

I make love with a focus and intensity that most people reserve for sleep.?

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