The Sin Washer had died centuries ago, and His legacy seemed often to be in the accumulation of connections and power more than the distribution of emotional or spiritual ease. She kept that thought to herself. Wisdom came in many forms, and silence was often the most useful.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

Jimmy Carter

The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does not decide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to do what it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

William T. Walsh

To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.

Edward R. Murrow

And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, 'Look, every penny you make next year the government's going to take it from you,' it still doesn't solve the debt.

Marco Rubio

The quickest way is sometimes the longest.

Neil Gaiman

That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

Aristotle

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

Jewel

By the Quiet Moment, if you want to be woken by emptiness, Just open your mind, and your heart will meet something... it always has something there.

Suka

I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

Mike Mills

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Christina Ricci

Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat, come here.' He doesn't come to you unless you have something in your hand that he thinks might be food. They're very free animals, and I like that.

Antonio Banderas