Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.

Erich Fromm

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Katherine Mansfield

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end.

Chief Joseph

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Past tense means you used to be nervous.

Source Unknown

The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.

Albert Camus

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Marcus Aurelius

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

Antoine De SaintExupery

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.

Edward de Bono

Christians need a new filling of the Holy Spirit to love those who disagree with them. And the greatest expression of love is to share with them the most precious thing a Christian has, which is the good news of the salvation of Jesus Christ.

Brother Andrew

My late wife Olympia was Goan and I've been to India many times. I love the food there. We used to do our shopping in Southall, where you can find cheap but wonderful fruit like mangoes, vegetables and spices. I didn't do much of the cooking, as Olympia did a lot - I was the under-chef and did some of the chopping.

Vince Cable

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

Townsend Harris