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 and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcot

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, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts. Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward. Sir Winston Churchill, speech in the House of...

The best holistic remedy for high blood pressure is a purring cat on your lap. Kathrine Palmer Peterson, 516 Sensational Cat Quotes

War is the continuation of politics by other means. General Karl Von Clausewitz, Book: “On War”

Oh for a book and a shady nook… John Wilson