And what is the greatest number? Number one.

A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm.

Stanislav Grof

Wild air, world-mothering air, Nestling me everywhere, That each eyelash or hair Girdles; goes home betwixt The fleeciest, frailest-fixed Snowflake; that's fairly mixed With, riddles, and is rife In every least thing's life.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.

John Dryden

I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I've had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I'd like to be J. K. Rowling, but I'll settle for second best.

Wilbur Smith

The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.

Deborah Day

She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.

Mitch Albom

I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture

William Shakespeare

In a town like London there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets, and they tend to gravitate towards bookshops, because a bookshop is one of the few places where you can hang about for a long time without spending any money.

George Orwell

It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage.

Sophia Bush

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

Xun Zi

Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.

Rumi

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

Ronald Reagan