To be understood is to prostitute oneself

There's a non-existent peace in the uncertain quietness

Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!

If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.

Isn't joyful or painful this pain in which I rejoice

Again I see you, But me I don't see!, The magical mirror in which I saw myself has been broken, And only a piece of me I see in each fatal fragment - Only a piece of you and me!...

Without madness what is manBut a wholesome beast, Postponed corpse that begets?

Dr. Beall gave him the first shot, followed closely by the second.He said, "I'll check for a heartbeat."I said, "You don't need to. I can see it in his eyes."Dewey was gone.

Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.

Syllogism ―Major premise: I can control my thoughts.Minor premise: My feelings come from my thoughts.Conclusion: I can control my feelings.

And then, just at that moment, when I'm no longer sure if I'm dreaming or awake or walking some valley in between where everything you wish for comes true, I feel the flutter of his lips on mine.

Fichte would identify all states of our minds with states of our body - perhaps not merely of our brain, but the whole body as an acting organism.

Vocation is the place where the world's greatest need and a person's greatest joy meet.

Our lives are not just measured in years. They are measured in the lives we touch around us.

I feel very vulnerable when it has to do with family.

Vodka eyeballing sounds great, but it's a slippery slope. Next, you'll be scotch nostriling, tequila nippling and, before you know it, Jager tainting.

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.