That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it.

Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.

Most people made comments on how I was the strongest woman they knew.That was before the title wave of disaster hit my charmed life.

The weather gods are toying with us." - Dr. James Stagg

The choice to 'do nothing' in response to the mounting evidence is actually a choice to continue and even accelerate the reckless environmental destruction that is creating the catastrophe at hand.

My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it.

I see walking bombs on the street Hearts not beating, but ticking

How our government works... it doesn't.