No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.

Peace Pilgrim

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

Michael Kinsley

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process.

Stephen King

It is my settled opinion, after some years as a political correspondent, that no one is attracted to a political career in the first place unless he is socially or emotionally crippled.

Auberon Waugh

I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot and that was how I dealt with it.

Amanda Hocking

Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.

Jodi Picoult

In conversation we are sometimes confused by the tone of our own voice, and mislead to make assertions that do not at all correspond to our opinions.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your parents doing?'

Kal Penn

Every object and being in the universe is a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty, a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained by any skin. Every jarful spills and makes the earth more shining, as though covered in satin.

Rumi

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

Ellen G. White

What is a friend A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Aristotle

I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it's just an idea.

Lara Flynn Boyle