"The greatest gift is a portion of thyself."

“I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?”

Source : "Excerpts From Goldwater Remarks". Remarks in the Congressional Record, www.nytimes.com. September 15, 1981.

“Envision possibility. Don't worry who else believes in it; the universe is only looking for instructions from you.”

“As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.”

“Im saving up to buy art. Nothing famous, but every time Im in a new city I wander into galleries and dream about buying great pieces one day.”

“The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.13

“Believe it, future generations.”

“Evil must always be fought.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2004). “Raven's Shadow”, p.290, Penguin

“One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.”