We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

Max Eastman

Deep down within the heart there is a stillness which is healing, a trust in the universal laws which is unwavering, and a strength which is rock-like. But because it is so deep we need both patience and perseverance when digging for it.

Paul Brunton

Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

Victor Hugo

Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.

Izumi Shikibu

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

Julius Caesar

I've been heartbroken. I've broken hearts. That's part of life, and its part of figuring out who you are so you can find the right partner.

Heidi Klum

Children demand that their heroes should be freckleless, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.

George Eliot

One should always play fair when one has the winning cards.

Oscar Wilde

Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.

B. J. Novak

The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive.

Steve Jobs

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Marian Wright Edleman

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