It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and to strengthen the weak by teaching them their rights.

I milked, of course, and did some work around the barn, and tried not to think about Brian, which was like trying not to breathe.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

Phyllis Diller

He loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

Orson Scott Card

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.

William Hague

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.

Carl Sandburg

Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.

Chris Christie

Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.

Iris Murdoch

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.

George Eliot

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.

W. H. Auden

You're like, both like, Alexander the Great.'We can't both be Alexander.'Well sometimes I think you're two side of the same coin, and I'm the metal in between.

Orson Scott Card

The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.

Friedrich Hegel

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Joseph Campbell