It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.

It was somehow frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters.

George Orwell

Love is a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.

WanLing Wong

Every year it takes less time to fly across the Atlantic and more time to drive to the office.

Source Unknown

There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation.

Charles Hermite

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

Walter Bagehot

Be patient. The path of self-discipline that leads to God-realization is not an easy path: obstacles and sufferings are on the path; the latter you must bear, and the former overcome -- all by His help. His help comes only through concentration. Repetition of God's name helps concentration.

Swami Ramdas

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Aesop

I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.

Ayelet Waldman

Friends humor and flatter us, they steal our time, they encourage our love of ease, they make us content with ourselves, they are the foes of our virtue and our glory.

John Lancaster Spalding

Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.

A. W. Tozer

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

Voltaire

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Karl Kraus