How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Socrates

If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

Thomas Kempis, The Imitation of

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

Franklin P. Jones

I love my cats because I love my home, and little by little they become its visible soul.

Jean Cocteau

Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing.

Paul Ambroise Valery

The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Epil

Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.

Doug Horton

It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?

Robin Wright Penn

He who knows he has enough is rich.

LaoTzu

I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.

Mark McGrath

Last night, I walked up to this beautiful woman in a bar andasked her, Do you live around here often? She said, You'rewearing two different colored socks. I said, Yes, but to methey're the same because I go by thickness. Then she asked,How do you feel? and I said, Well, you know when you'resitting on a chair and you lean back so you're just on two legsthen you lean too far and you almost fall over but at the lastsecond you catch yourself? I feel like that all the time.

Steven Wright

Forget hard work, use Cosmic Ordering.

Stephen Richards