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-

We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers -- and this is the basis of all human morality.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.

Cal Thomas

Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.

Terry Pratchett

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Jesse Owens

That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.

Adriana Lima

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Arthur Henderson

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Oscar Wilde

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.

Brian O'Driscoll

It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.

Thich Nhat Hanh