Quotes

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and...

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. John Berry, Flight of White Crows

I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual. Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922

Nobody picks on a strong man. Charles Atlas

Men want sex. If men ruled the world, they could get sex anywhere, anytime. Restaurants would give you sex instead...

If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like. Prophet Mohammad, Abu-Masud: Bukhari

Far away there in the sunshine are my brightest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up...

Eternity is very long, especially towards the end. Woody Allen, Just Six Numbers, Martin Rees, page 71

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts,...

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but...