Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

Lin Yutang

Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit, and urge us to new and unattempted performances.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Victor Hugo

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

John Stuart Mill

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.

Mahatma Gandhi

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

Thomas Jefferson

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Thomas Carlyle

Corporate America cannot afford to remain silent or passive about the downward spiral we are undergoing. It cannot turn a blind eye to how difficult the experience of life is for so many of their customers.

Simon Mainwaring

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Judith Guest

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

Jason Sudeikis

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed.

LaoTzu

Remember to never split an infinitive.The passive voice should never be used.Do not put statements in the negative form.Verbs have to agree with their subjects.Proofread carefully to see if you words out.If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.A writer must not shift your point of view.And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. (Remember, too, a preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.)Don't overuse exclamation marks!!Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.Always pick on the correct idiom.The adverb always follows the verb.Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; seek viable alternatives.

William Safire, William Safire's