That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness. That it is possible to fall asleep during an anxiety attack. That concentrating on anything is very hard work.

Look at me. I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Groucho Marx

Be sincere, be brief; be seated.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

I wasn't sure about that, but one never knows. Sometimes a neighborhood, like a culture or civilization, is strong enough to absorb and acculturate any number of newcomers. But I don't know if that's true around here any longer. The outward forms and appearances look the same - [...]- but the substance has been altered.

Nelson Demille

I can see only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen.

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher

The lie is a condition of life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The anticipation and dread he felt at seeing her was also a kind of sensual pleasure, and surrounding it, like an embrace, was a general elation--it might hurt, it was horribly inconvenient, no good might come of it, but he had found out for himself what it was to be in love, and it thrilled him.

Ian Mcewan

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

Oprah Winfrey

The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.

James Montgomery

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Albert Einstein

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing, but cabbage with a college education.

Mark Twain

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

Stanislav Grof

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.

Harry Emerson Fosdick