Faith is personal if it's to be real.

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits.

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Just death, kind umpire of men's miseries

William Shakespeare

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Edward George BulwerLytton

You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.

Steve Maraboli

Thinkers prepare the revolution and bandits carry it out.

Mariano Azuela

I have not studied in this you read to show you my skill but to declare the truth, not to set forth myself, but to the glory of God.

Anne Bradstreet

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Samuel Johnson

You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.

Ernest Hemingway

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

Lionel Richie

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson