Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.

Dr. Walter Smith

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

Laura Miller

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

Dejan Stojanovic

I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'

David O. Russell

His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there's scarcely a hole in it anywhere

Mark Twain

Tudo parecia organizado da melhor forma possível, como se de fato o mundo constasse somente de palavras, como se assim o próprio horror fosse trazido para dimensões seguras, como se para cada aspecto de uma coisa houvesse um reverso, para cada mal um bem, para cada dissabor um prazer, para cada infelicidade uma felicidade e para cada mentira um quinhão de verdade.

W.G. Sebald

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.

John Selden

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

Willem de Kooning

And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.

C.S. Lewis

He makes his home where the living is best.

Proverb

I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms.

Cheryl Ladd

At the heart of excessive individualism is a broken heart

Robert Holden