Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill.

A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.

Christy Turlington

It comes as no surprise to find [Norman] Mailer embracing [in the book ] a form of Manicheanism, pitting the forces of light and darkness against each other in a permanent stand-off, with humanity as the battlefield. (When asked if Jesus is part of this battle, he responds rather loftily that he thinks it is a distinct possibility.) But it is at points like this that he talks as if all the late-night undergraduate talk sessions on the question of theism had become rolled into one. 'How can we not face up to the fact that if God is All-Powerful, He cannot be All-Good. Or She cannot be All-Good.'Mailer says that questions such as this have bedevilled 'theologians', whereas it would be more accurate to say that such questions, posed by philosophers, have attempted to put theologians out of business. A long exchange on the probability of reincarnation (known to Mailer sometimes as karmic reassignment) manages to fall slightly below the level of those undergraduate talk sessions. The Manichean stand-off leads Mailer, in closing, to speculate on what God might desire politically and to say: 'In different times, the heavens may have been partial to monarchy, to communism, and certainly the Lord was interested in democracy, in capitalism. (As was the Devil!)'I think it was at this point that I decided I would rather remember Mailer as the author of and .

Christopher Hitchens

But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.

Graham Coxon

I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

Aristotle

I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them.

Dr. Asa Hilliard

It's her first grandchild, so she's really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me.

Brandy Norwood

Old programmers never die. They just can't C as well.

Anon.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

Thomas Fuller

Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

Akio Morita

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

John Podhoretz

Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.

Phil McGraw

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

Albert Schweitzer