Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity.

Pulvis et umbra sumus

Cassandra Clare

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.

Henry David Thoreau

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory.

Richard Dawkins

Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.

E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White, Some

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Carl Rogers

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

Mary Kay Ash

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Bob Dylan

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.

Andy Goldsworthy

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Samuel Johnson

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

Carlos Ghosn

Happiness starts within. Be real, appreciate what you have, enjoy every moment, spread the love. If everything comes back, consider it as a miracle.

Cherryl Anne Lintag