A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Jim Henson

You tap in to this oneness and become part of the universe as a whole.

Stephen Richards

We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be risk-free only in totalitarian regimes.

Camille Anna Paglia

The first duty of life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one as yet discovered.

Oscar Wilde

Events are influenced by our very great desires.

William James

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Truth in science is always determined from observational facts.

David Douglass

Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

Oscar Wilde

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

Carrie P. Snow

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations.

Arthur Henderson

In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

Henry David Thoreau