Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery

Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft, Why fall ye thus before a little wind?

There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.

Your past success and victories, small or large, can renew your resolve to persevere if you are willing to lean on them.

Not everybody has a talent for painting, or for the piano, or for dance. But we can write our way into the artist's head and into his problems and solutions. Or we can go there with another writer.

You have a mother?" His mouth quirked with humor. "Yep, and a father too! Every kid normally has one of each to begin with. He was teasing me in an affectionate way...

never thought one day tht person will throw me out from his life whom i loved too much more thn tht of nothng

Love at first sight is easy to understand it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.

Even theologians, even the great theologians of the thirteenth century, even Saint Thomas Aquinas himself did not trust to faith alone, or assume the existence of God.

It brings joy in sorrow, victory in battle, light to darkness, life to the dead. That is the power of the blood-red jewel which men honor with the name "The Philosopher's Stone.

Listening is more important than talking.