The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to its final consequences whatever the objective mind impresses upon it.

Silence alone is worthy to be heard.

Henry David Thoreau

It is so rare to meet with a man out-doors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands.

Henry David Thoreau

Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied words with little or no meaning have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance and hindrance of true knowledge.

John Locke

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

Jan de Bont

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.

David Mamet

After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.

E.B. White

Don't use that foreign word ideals. We have that excellent native word lies.

Henrik Ibsen

Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born

George Bernard Shaw

There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.

Proverb

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

Milan Kundera

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

P. J. O'Rourke

The one who loves you will make you weep.

Argentine Proverb