Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in acloset for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevatorpractice.

Steven Wright

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Elbert Hubbard

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

Jonah Hill

why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out

Oliver James

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Ambrose Bierce

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

John Donne

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

Colleen C. Barrett

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

Robert Anton Wilson

The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or duplication.

Susan Sontag

As for meditation, I would like you to be a disciple of prayer, because without prayer there is no habitual union with God. You need a type of prayer which is suited to your temperament, your situation, your inner inclination, consequently, your heart. Speak simply and candidly to our Lord as with another self, as with your sister. Be a child who is full of love and surrendered to her good maker. Let it be an interior conversation with God more than a work of the mind. Then, a scattered, distracted meditation will come together, because it will express all the thoughts and needs of your heart.

Peter Julian Eymard, counseling

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

General Robert E. Lee