Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
-Stevie Wonder
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel
If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
Life has become immeasurably better since I have stopped taking it seriously.
-Hunter S. Thompson
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
-Robert Paul “Tad” Williams
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
-Baal Shem Tov
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
-John F. Kennedy