There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

Coretta Scott King

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

Plato

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

Henry David Thoreau

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

Garth Stein

I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.

Lady Gaga

A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.

Eva Amurri

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

David Suzuki

I have a political attitude, but I'm certainly not a politician.

Kgalema Motlanthe

By trying, we can easily learn to endure adversity another man's, I mean

Mark Twain

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

Van Wyck Brooks

i have never been more than a dreamand the dreameris awake

Nirmala