Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

Publilius Syrus

What is the wisdom of a book compared with the wisdom of an angel?

Friedrich Hölderlin

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

Alfred de Musset

A new public opinion must be created privately and unobtrusively. The existing one is maintained by the press, by propaganda, by organization, and by financial and other influences which are at its disposal. The unnatural way of spreading ideas must be opposed by the natural one, which goes from man to man and relies solely on the truth of the thoughts and the hearer's receptiveness for new truth.

Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design.

Sergio Aragones

The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.

Prem Rawat

Just as a prism of glass miters light and casts a colored braid, a garden sings sweet incantations the human heart strains to hear. Hiding in every flower, in every leaf, in every twig and bough, are reflections of the God who once walked with us in Eden.

Tonia Triebwasser, The Color of

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

Julianna Baggott

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

B. C. Forbes

It doesn't matter what you did or where you were...it matters where you are and what you're doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and NEVER let anyone shut you up!!

Steve Maraboli

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

Navjot Singh Sidhu