I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

Rachel Carson

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Plutarch

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

George R.R. Martin

Construct your Determination with Sustained Effort, Controlled Attention, and Concentrated Energy. opportunities never come to those who wait... they are captured by those who dare to attack.

Paul J. Meyer

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

Howard Barker

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

Mark Twain

I see my life in terms of music.

Albert Einstein

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. But it is not easy to banish the notion that there can be universal brotherhood just as soon as everybody gives up his faith and accepts ours. That day may never come, for the richness of human diversity cannot be abolished any more than Mars or Jupiter. Difference is the nature of life, it is part of our moral Universe. Without difference, life would become lifeless.

Adlai Stevenson

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. This is the first step towards becoming either estimable or agreeable; and until it be taken there is no hope. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it. Sometimes the great truth is found out too late to apply to it any effectual remedy. Sometimes it is never found at all; and these form the desperate and inveterate causes of folly, self-conceit, and impertinence.

Lord Melbourne

So, I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

Charles Dickens

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

Moli