Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.

Sir Winston Churchill

Vergnügen ist ein Lied der Freiheit, - Aber es ist keine Freiheit.

Kahlil Gibran

Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love.

Billy Corgan

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

Paul Simon

I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

Sting

They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.

Anne Frank

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

George Eliot

I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.

Nikos Kazantzakis

It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

By satisfying people's inner selfish desires, one made them happy and thus docile.

The Century of the Self

When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.

Mignon McLaughlin

A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it.

Frank A. Clark