People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.

The thumb does not have very a important role when shifting from one position to another. There is too much said, as it seems to me, about importance of the thumb... The thumb must lightly touch the neck and follow the forefinger when moving in different positions, aiding the hand to shift up and down without clutching the instrument.

Leopold Auer, regarding the viol

Art is the child of Nature yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Beck

In married life, three is company, and two is none.

Oscar Wilde

Love entered in my heart one dayA sad, unwelcome guest.But when it begged that it might stayI let it stay and restIt broke my nights with sorrowingIt filled my heart with fearsAnd, when my soul was prone to sing,It filled my eyes with tears.But...now that it has gone its way,I miss the dear ole pain.And, sometimes, in the night I prayThat Love might come again.

J. California Cooper

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.

Colin Powell

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

Maynard James Keenan

We have been troubled about the world, and had almost lost faith in man; it helps to think about the long history of the earth, and of how life came to be. And when we think in terms of millions of years, we are not so impatient that our own problems be solved tomorrow.

Rachel Carson

O born in days when wits were fresh and clear, And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames; Before this strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims, Its heads o'ertax'd, its palsied hearts, was rife.

Matthew Arnold

If it isn't your job to, perhaps it's your opportunity.

Anonymous

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Plato

And life is what we make it.Always has been, always will be.

Grandma Moses

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

Victor Hugo