We came to save the sacred writings. - Essenes to Eleazar, on collecting the Dead Sea Scrolls from the burning Temple. Jerusalem, 70 CE.

Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual.

If we are intended for great ends we are called to great hazards.

Elvis changed the country music scene quite a bit; he almost put country music out of business.

I was lucky enough to be in some movies where I had powerful characters or I got to be the president on TV for a little while. Very short administration.

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.

Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical context for reading.

Your success will be in direct proportion to how you spend your ‘free’ time.

You hate me and I hate you, so at least we understand each other.

Thus the theory of description matters most. It is the theory of the word for those For whom the word is the making of the world, The buzzing world and lisping firmament.