We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.

All Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown In myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own.

Richard Francis Burton

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

Brad Pitt

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

Anne Lamott

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Samuel Johnson

After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.

E.B. White

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

Joyce Brothers, In Pearls of Wis

Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism.

Howard Dietz

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

Stendhal

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

If you don't control your mind, someone else will.

John Allston

Promote yourself but do not demote another.

Israel Salanter

But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.

Victoria Jackson