I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion; beyond this, he has no further need of God.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Enthusiasm is a telescope that yanks the misty, distant future into the radiant, tangible present.

Source Unknown

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

Source Unknown

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

General Robert E. Lee

You are the land. The land is you.

Merlin

I'm sure the movie industry is going up but I would love to see more Chinese films about contemporary Chinese about the problems of life on the street.

Paz Vega

I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student loans. I never had to worry about where to dock my yacht to reduce my taxes.

Christine O'Donnell

Make sure your subconscious knows you love it by stroking it until it purrs.

Teresa Sue McAdams

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

David Seabury

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

Ike Skelton

Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.

Mortimer Adler

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Henry Miller