In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.

Benjamin Franklin

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

Said the little boy, Sometimes I drop my spoon.Said the little old man, I do that too.The little boy whispered, I wet my pants.I do too, laughed the old man.Said the little boy, I often cry.The old man nodded. So do I.But worst of all, said the boy, it seemsGrown-ups don't pay attention to me.And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.I know what you mean, said the little old man.

Shel Silverstein, The Little Boy

The difference between great celebrities and the unknown is the former failed and yet went at it again; the latter gave up in despair.

Source Unknown

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.

Albert Einstein

Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.

Andreas Capellanus

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man

Friedrich Nietzsche

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

Wayne Dyer

I love my mom. My mom loves me. We don't have an easy relationship. I don't think we ever will, but I'd rather have a complicated, misunderstood relationship than have no relationship at all.

Tori Spelling

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Charles de Gaulle