Calamus fortior gladio.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Be real, rare, refreshing you! Fan the flames of self love and ignite your light!

I’m not fragile, ” I teased and kissed him harder. I supposed my bruise would say otherwise, but I didn’t want to be treated like I was going to shatter if someone touched me.

If you let fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct then your life will be safe expedient and thin.

God is incorporeal divine supreme infinite Mind Spirit Soul Principle life Truth Love.

My girlfriend is an angel." -Xavier

No one teaches you how to walk away from someone who you know loves you. NO one teaches you how to say good-bye.

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

Depression effects all of us in different ways, people even kill themselves, but why? You gain no satisfaction and you ruin people's lives.

...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He says the hair is a separate creature that just happens to live on him.