The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.

Milton Friedman

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.

Lafcadio Hearn

I do love a bit of fashion. I grew up around a lot of it as my mum and dad had clothing stores so my mum was always designing a lot, and I definitely had that as an influence.

Leona Lewis

I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover the pain.

Monica Seles

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

Bob Dylan

For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose.

T.F. Hodge

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.

Anon.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed

Blaise Pascal

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Wayne Gretzky