I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.

He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect better than Christianity and end in loving himself better than all.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

Henri Bergson

It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.

Polly Toynbee

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Edwin P. Whipple

An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

Elbert Hubbard

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

Elijah Wood

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

Kristin Hersh

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Tennessee Williams

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Horace

Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific.

Daisaku Ikeda

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

Aharon Appelfeld