The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also.

The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.

C.S. Lewis

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

John Burroughs

She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart.

Jane Austen

One truth we have been able to count on concerning scientific persuit over the centuries has been that only testable theories survive the intense scrutiny of experimental science.

John Moffat

The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce.

Armstrong Williams

Pay attention! At all moments of the day you are either leading or being led.

Steve Maraboli

Humor comes from self-confidence.

Rita Mae Brown

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

Samuel Johnson

Man lies down and does not rise until the heavens are no more. They will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

James Dye

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

Ronald Reagan

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Terry Pratchett

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

Anon., various versions of this