The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.

Henry Miller

Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.

Daisaku Ikeda

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

John A. Hannah

As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Experience is a question of instinct about life.

Oscar Wilde

And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.

Terry Pratchett

The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.

Peter Drucker

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Carl Gustav Jung

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

Billy Joel

The guy with the biggest stomach will be the first to take off his shirt at a baseball game.

Glenn Dickey

I look upon every day to be lost in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Samuel Johnson

I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.

Robert Ballard