Last time I went skiing, I had to get up at 5:00 in the morning.I knew I couldn't do that, so I slept with my skis on. My ridecame at 5:30 in the morning, couldn't wake me up so he carriedme out of the house, put my skis on the roof rack of the car,and drove to the mountain. Seventeen miles later, I woke up outof this incredibly bizarre dream that I was skydivinghorizontally. I'm sure this has happened to you.

Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.

Blaise Pascal

Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.

Proverb

Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot.

Edgar Quinet

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Diogenes

Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.

Thomas Jefferson

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Phaedrus

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Sun Tzu

My life is my argument.

Albert Schweitzer

I always like to start my morning with a good amount of fruit. I really like pineapple, particularly because of the enzymes that it has. Sometimes I have oatmeal. But if I'm feeling like I really want to be watching my weight more, then I definitely do a protein, like an omelet, scrambled eggs or some smoked salmon.

Cynthia Nixon

I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear.

Thomas Friedman

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

Agnes De Mille

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

Hugh Jackman