To be frank, I find religion rather offensive.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.

James Otis

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

Anthony Hope

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me.

Edvard Munch

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of

Josh Billings

Old men and far travelers may lie with authority.

Source Unknown

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.

Sir John Robert Seeley

God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

Desmond Tutu

Shall we never have done with that cliche, so stupid that it could only be human, about the sympathy of animals for man when he is unhappy? Animals love happiness almost as much as we do. A fit of crying disturbs them, they'll sometimes imitate sobbing, and for a moment they'll reflect our sadness. But they flee unhappiness as they flee fever, and I believe that in the long run they are capable of boycotting it.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

Napoleon Hill

A library implies an act of faith.

Victor Hugo