Who is unhappy at having only one mouth? And who is not unhappy at having only one eye? Probably no man ever ventured to mourn at not having three eyes. But any one is inconsolable at having none.

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Matthew 9:37

Bible

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Yevgeny Zamyatin

I’m no genius, but I’m smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.

Thomas J. Watson

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

George Bernard Shaw

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Jos

My dad is the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and the easiest going.

Serena Williams

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Buddha

A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite of passion.

Roman Payne

I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what we do to the people we love: take shots in the dark and realize too late we've wounded the people we're trying to protect.

Jodi Picoult

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.

Aung San Suu Kyi

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

Joan Baez

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

John F. Kennedy