When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

Leo Tolstoy

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Mary Schmich

I went into this bar and sat down next to a pretty girl. She looked at me and said, Hey, you have two different colored socks on. I said, Yeah, I know, but to me they're the same because I go by thickness.

Steven Wright

Learn to forgive others so that you can release yourself from being held captive by the very negative thoughts around you.

Stephen Richards

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.

Charles Dickens

I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake.

Umberto Eco

All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity.

William Shakespeare

The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.

Julie Walters

My favorite hobby is being alone. I like to be alone. I also like dancing, fishing, playing poker sometimes and vegetable gardening - corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, I have a big garden every year.

Emanuel Steward

To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.

Cornel West

To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.

Jennifer Granholm

Women. They are a complete mystery.

Stephen Hawking