Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

George Eliot

I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Josh Billings

The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be considered together; they are inseparable. Yet the space filled by each is perhaps different. Pleasure, defined as a sense of gratification, is essential for nature

John Berger, And Our Faces, My H

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Chaucer

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

River Phoenix

Bump! Bump! Bump! Did you ever ride a wump? We have a Wump with just one hump. But, we know a man called Mr. Gump. Mr Gump has a seven hump Wump. So... if you Bump! Bump! Just jump on the hump on the Wump of Gump.

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief.

Thomas Carlyle

Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.

Jan Zamoiski

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

Denis Waitley

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

Robert Collier

We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television.

Gerald McRaney

Never praise oneself.

Bhagwan Swaminarayan