What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

H. L. Mencken

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Plato

The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God.

Charles Hodge

For our people, butterflies are a symbol of hope. It's said that if you capture one in your hands and whisper your dreams to it, it will carry them up to the heavens so that the wish can be granted.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.

Norman Lamm

My feelings for you...are like the stillness of the sand...they make no sound...as they're washed away.

Banri Hidaka

My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics.

Dennis Kucinich

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

Terry Bradshaw

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.

Michael Chabon

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.

Gus Van Sant

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Democritus

Nothing can come of nothing.

William Shakespeare