We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel-

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.

David Korten

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

Bertrand Russell

The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.

Albert Camus

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

Agatha Christie

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.

Alexis de Tocqueville

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Henri B. Stendhal

Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me.

David Guterson

Only when your intent and actions are in alignment can you create the reality you desire.

Steve Maraboli

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

Alexis de Tocqueville

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

J. K. Rowling

For the moment we might very well can them DUNNOS (for Dark Unknown Nonreflective Nondetectable Objects Somewhere).

Bill Bryson

A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.

Camille Anna Paglia