... and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical; but that did not signify. It was censure in common use, and easily given.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

Albert Camus

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

Wilferd A. Peterson

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

Buck Williams

I think, well, I've had a shit of a life, all things considered. It wasn't fair. Everyone I've ever loved is dead, and my leg hurts all the bloody time...but I think, any God that can do sunsets like that, a different one every night...'strewth, well, you've got to respect the old bastard, haven't you?

Neil Gaiman

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

Constance Baker Motley

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.

Saint Augustine

ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business.

Robert Sternberg

And Christians take even the Eucharist as a type of the glory at which they aim.

Blaise Pascal

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

Ernest Renan

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

Gene Robinson

The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat