I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God.

It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

John Bytheway

A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.

Giuseppe Garibaldi

But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface.

Nikolai Gogol

Tsuki ni murakumo, hana ni kazeClouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms

Japanese Proverb

In any given situation you will find only what you bring with you...

Christopher Earle

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Johannes Brahms

Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.

Charles Stross

When you act on your beliefs, the realisation that happens is caused by you and this will in turn lead to a consequence.

Stephen Richards

Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all.

Hans Christian Andersen

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James Atlas, My Life in the Midd

Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.

Elizabeth Harrison