Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread. They may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

He that never changes his opinions and never corrects his mistakes will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

Seek happiness for its own sake and you will not find it seek for duty and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Seek happiness for its own sake and you will not find it seek for duty and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Have a time and place for everything and do everything in its time and place and you will not only accomplish more but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.

Thoughts lead on to purposes purposes go forth in action actions form habits habits decide character and character fixes our destiny.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.

So you're giving up? That's it? Okay, okay. We'll leave you alone, Quasimodo. We just thought, maybe you're made up of something much stronger.

Once I had her hand, I never wanted to let go of her.

I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.

Remember us. Remember us as we used to be, before the universe turned against us. Young, beautiful, strong, brave, admirable, loved, loving...' --Alema Rar

The poor schlemiel is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.

We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.

Opening to the power of intention, you begin knowing that conception, birth and death are all natural aspects of the energy field of creation.

Male penguins are unfaithful up to an advanced age, a phenomenon sometimes attributed to the sea air.

My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.