Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ~Marie Curie
The total person sings not just the vocal chords. ~Esther Broner
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~Bruce Lee
To me, horses and freedom are synonymous. ~Veryl Goodnight
Prayer draws us near to our own souls. ~Herman Melville, Mardi and A Voyage Thither, 1849
Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. ~Gerald Vann
The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. ~Alan Gregg
A bad grade is only one letter in the Essay of life. ~Lee Drake
Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it. ~Sakyong Mipham
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. ~Mother Teresa
My daddy's face is a study. Winter moves into it and presides there. His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche, his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees. His skin takes on the pale cheerless yellow of winter sun; for a jaw he has the edges of a snowbound field dotted with stubble; his high forehead is the frozen sweep of the Erie. ~Toni Morrison
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. ~Garth Brooks
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake. ~Elbert Hubbard Never get married in the morning, because you never know who you'll meet that night. ~Paul Hornung
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from." ~Marilyn vos Savant, in Parade
If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball. ~Phil Jackson
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. ~Proverbs 29:11
When mom and dad don't understand, a sister always will. ~Author Unknown
Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Treaties are like roses and young girls - they last while they last. ~Charles de Gaulle
It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola. ~Clare Short
It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. ~Grace Hopper
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. ~Ronald Reagan