When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

E. M. Forster

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Bible, Luke 12, verses 13

It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.

Stephanie Mills

Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

Matthew Prior

Something is always happening somewhere.

Mitch Albom

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'

Jeff Foxworthy

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

Charles Dickens

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.

C. S. Lewis

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

Tony Kushner

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Henry Ward Beecher

in nonsense is strength

Kurt Vonnegut

Your core, lying deep within you, is what makes you what you are. Some call it the soul, the Higher Self, the true self, the being and so on. The name is unimportant once you realize that you are more than your looks and outward appearance.

Stephen Richards