Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

William Butler Yeats

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

Robert A. Heinlein

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.

Rob Bell

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

Andy Rooney

Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.

Andy Warhol

Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.

Terry Pratchett

You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.

Terry Pratchett

The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.

Rupert Sheldrake

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...

Isak Dinesen

Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.

William Shakespeare

History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was nobody around the Falls until Livingstone arrived on the scene.

Desmond Tutu