It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.

H. G. Wells

It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry.

Albert Einstein

I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.

Caroline B. Cooney

Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it.

Mehmet Oz

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Johann von Goethe

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Pope John XXIII

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.

Robert Evans

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

Roger von Oech

My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular.

Josh Radnor

I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades.

Bela Kun

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan