The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.

There is a wisdom of the head, and ... a wisdom of the heart.

Charles Dickens

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it

Samuel Johnson

Everyone has a past, but that's just it-it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

Nicholas Sparks

Everyone admits that the truth hurts but no one applies this adage to himself -and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie. It is this tendency toward self-deception (more than any active sin) that makes human progress slow and almost imperceptible.

Sydney J. Harris

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

Michael Bloomberg

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

Mark Twain

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.

Charles Baudelaire

Enthusiasm will be as contagious as ever.

Source Unknown

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Dodie Smith

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

Laura Linney

It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.

Albert Einstein

Nothing inspires honesty like fear or trouble.

Steve Maraboli