Some of our weakness is born in us, some of it comes through education; it is a big question as to which gives us the most trouble.

Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering.

Pope Benedict XVI

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Anne Frank

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

Christopher Marlowe

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

Henry Miller

I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith.

Brittany Murphy

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Ibn Gabirol

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

Charles R. Swindoll

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

When the book comes out it may hurt you -- but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself.

James Baldwin

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Karl Marx

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Francois Rabelais

Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.

Ramakrishna