The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.

The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war. The separation of the power of declaring war from that of conducting it is wisely contrived to exclude the danger of its being declared for the sake of its being conducted.

James Madison

If you can overcome love, you can overcome fear. If you can overcome fear, you can overcome death.

Santosh Kalwar

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first; but if the strife continues long, usually both become guilty.

Thomas Fuller

We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force.

Laurence Sterne

Experience is determined by yourself -- not the circumstances of your life.

Gita Bellin

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

George Bernard Shaw

Amanda and I both paused to take in that bit of wisdom. And try to decide if it even was wisdom.

Robin Brande

I am not the born how can there be either birth or death for me?

Guru Nanak

But the voice of anatomy, like the voice of all nature, never reaches the mental ear of the Great Commoner. It is the novel province of anatomy to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about the structure, the origin and the history of man.

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Where's the pleasure in bein' the winner if the loser ain't alive to know they've lost?

Terry Pratchett

Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

Julie Burchill

I remember that at the beginning of the month, the kind of menus my mom and father would prepare for us would have fish, chicken. But at the end of the month - because my father would be waiting for paycheck - the refrigerator would get empty. I remember that without a lot of food left, some of the best meals happened right there.

Jose Andres Puerta