Pleasure and revenge have ears more deaf than adders to the voice of any true decision.

-- William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida

What is enlightenment?—the capacity to see oneself as one really is.

-- Osho, The Secret of Secrets

We are a noisy and blessed little family

-- Nancy E. Turner, These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

Endure while you can, you will succeed in due time.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.

-- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Once you have heard the Indian Bamboo flute then everything else is just ordinary!

-- Osho, Books I Have Loved

I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?

-- Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

A compassionate heart radiates rays of beauty that remove the clouds of million hearts.

-- Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion

When your dream doesn't come true; just go ahead and dream another one!

-- Dr. Lucas D. Shallua, To Sir, With Love

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

-- Ronald Reagan, Into the Wild

I am not afraid; I was born to do this.

-- Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

-- Dolly Parton, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

-- Mae West, Eat, Pray, Love

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

-- Louis L'Amour, Matagorda/The First Fast Draw

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

-- Fran Lebowitz, Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale

Art is a process, not a product.

-- MaryAnn F. Kohl, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art.

-- Julian Barnes, A Life with Books

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

-- Bob Marley, Bob Marley - Legend

Knowledge in our heads is useless. Its power is unleashed only when it is shared.

-- Mansur Hasib, Cybersecurity Leadership: Powering the Modern Organization

Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.

-- Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience