"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne (author)
"America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to decadence without the usual interval of civilization." - Georges Clemenceau
...you’re an interesting guy.” He smiled. “No, I’m not. I’m actually very boring, Mrs. Marcus. You take away my job, and I disappear.” -Lehane, Dennis. Mystic River
"I don't want a black history month, black history is American history; there is no white history month. The only way to end racism is to stop talking about." -Morgan Freeman
"Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn't exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.
- E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.” ~ Suzanne Collins
The Golden Rule: It is a simple moral idea to treat others the way you want to be treated. It appears in many religions and cultures as well. It is the easiest way to develop empathy and mutual respect in everyday life.