I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.

More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.

John Irving

It'a an immense joy to be here today. I have received from millions of male and female Brazilians the most important mission of my life. This fact, beyond myself, is a demonstration of the democratic development of our country because for the first time a woman will rule Brazil.

Dilma Rousseff

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

Bruce Lee

Everybody liked better to conjecture how the thing was, than simply to know it; for conjecture soon became more confident than knowledge, and had a more liberal allowance for the incompatible.

George Eliot

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Redd Foxx

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Elie Wiesel

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

Paulo Coelho

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

Lucy Powell

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.

Sydney Smiles

A manifesto, a diary, a crumpled suicide note, and a still relevant love letter.

Art Spiegelman

Life isn't all fricassied frog and eel pie.

C.S. Lewis

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

Les Brown