One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.

Paul Hawken

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Elbert Hubbard

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.

Molly Ivins

Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.

Thomas Jefferson

I have found little that is good about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.

Sigmund Freud

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

Keira Knightley

You can't run the Church on Hail Marys.

Archbishop Paul Marcinkus

History proves that the white man is a devil.

Malcolm X

Who should I send for now?Using the last of his strength, Sebastian managed to drag her hand up to his mouth. You, he whispered, holding her fingers to his lips. Just you.

Lisa Kleypas

A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about-BZRK

Michael Grant, Gone

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Plato

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

John Woo