Science has given us a great lie. It is this lie that ends the current age of faith in God.

-- Compton Gage, The Ecstasy of Loving God

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

-- Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave

Progress is a natural result of staying focused on the process of doing anything.

-- Thomas M. Sterner, The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life

My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.

-- Jess C. Scott, EyeLeash: A Blog Novel

I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.

-- Mae West, Magic Bites

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

-- Anaïs Nin, South of the Border, West of the Sun

The world was hers for the reading.

-- Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Some doors are open, but we are still searching for the right keys.

-- Alin Sav, Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer

There is nothing so convincing as a thing well done.

-- Roy T. Bennett, My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

Dancers are the athletes of God.

-- Albert Einstein, War and Peace

Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care.

-- Debasish Mridha, The Gift of Past Relationships

The holy knowledge is the fear of God.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Undying Fire

Every great achiever overcame the greatest obstacles.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Steppenwolf

Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.

-- Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms...

-- Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

-- Patricia Highsmith, The Lost Symbol

There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!

-- Morrissey, The Daydreamer

There are many books, but One holy book, the HOLY BIBLE.

-- Lailah Gifty, Akita, Moon Gypsy

A man is biologically incapable of giving ‘the look’.

-- Fennel Hudson, Fine Things - Fennel's Journal - No. 8

People Die... Beauty Fades... Love Changes... And You Will Always Be Alone

-- L.J. Smith, Night World, No. 3