"I am now quite cured of society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself."
(Emily Bronte)

"Every child comes with the message that God is not yet tired of the man."
(Rabindranath Tagore)

"Put out the trash and wash the car. Those who do so are performing miracles. Miracles are feats no one can successfully explain. Miracles are everything you do."
--David K. Reynolds

"Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

-- Abraham Joshua Heschel 1907-1972

"Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what
makes it permanent."
-- Marilyn vos Savant 1946-

"Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
Langston Hughes

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance
of things, but their inward significance, and this, and not the
external manner and detail, is true reality."
(Aristotle)