When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
-Harry S. Truman
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.
-Robert Brault