Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
-Luciano Pavarotti
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
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
-Marcus Aurelius
Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
-Mark Twain
It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason. It's just that . . . I just think that some things are meant to be broken, imperfect and chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
-Sarah Dessen
You and the world should stop thinking of changing each other. Just allow a third person to do the needful. You know who I mean: God, the only Doer.
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
-George Sand
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
-George Bernard Shaw