Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

Elizabeth Taylor

The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.

C. JoyBell C.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.

Tyler Durden

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

Anderson Cooper

A store of grain, Oh king is the best of treasures. A gem put in your mouth will not support life.

Hitopadesa

So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil.

John Dryden

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

Paul Simon

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Roberta Flack

I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling.

Rick Boucher

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Arthur Ashe

My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.

Jamie Redknapp

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies -- thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence