Lamech's sons were heroes of their race: Jubal, the eldest, bore upon his face The look of that calm river-god, the Nile, Mildly secure in power that needs not guile.

From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.

W. Somerset Maugham

Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.

Mamie Sypert Burns

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

John Malkovich

I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.

Andrew Greeley

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Nay, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness,Dawn will not veil her spleandor for your grief,Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beautyTo lotus blossom and ashoka leaf.Nay, do not pine, tho' life be dark with trouble,Time will not pause or tarry on his way;To-day that seems so long, so strange, so bitter,Will soon be some forgotten yesterday.Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces,The unspent joy of all the unborn years,Will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow,And make your eyes unfaithful to their tears.

Sarojini Naidu, Transcience

She could see the name Fukamachi on a shiny name-plate by the door of the house, but it was a name that meant nothing to Kazuko. And at that moment, in her heart, she began to dream of meeting someone. Someone special who would one day walk into her life. Someone she would instantly feel she had known for years. Someone who would feel the same about her.

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Dr. Seuss

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Confucius

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Toni Cade Bambara

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.

Bertrand Russell

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Aristotle