Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.

Upon the standard to which the wise and honest will now repair it is written: You have lived the easy way; henceforth, you will live the hard way. You came into a great heritage made by the insight and the sweat and the blood of inspired and devoted and courageous men; thoughtlessly and in utmost self-indulgence you have all but squandered this inheritance. Now only by the heroic virtues which made this inheritance can you restore it again. You took the good things for granted. Now you must earn them again. For every right that you cherish, you have a duty which you must fulfill. For every hope that you entertain, you have a task that you must perform. For every good that you wish to preserve, you will have to sacrifice your comfort and your ease. There is nothing for nothing any longer.

Walter Lippmann

You don't want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That's what I'm missing right now.

Rihanna

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

Alan K. Simpson

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.

William Shakespeare

We could look at the side of wonder.

Melina Marchetta

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

If we stay with animal analogies for a moment, owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are god. (Cats may sometimes share the cold entrails of a kill with you, but this is just what a god might do if he was in a good mood.)

Christopher Hitchens

My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.

Rashida Jones

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Venerable Bede

If music leaves any impression at all, it does so without regard to stylistic issues.

Aulis Sallinen

My family background was deeply Christian.

Abbe Pierre

The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can't move.

Paulo Coelho