"Silence is sometimes the only way to share the unsharable."

“Were I as quiet as thunder, how I'd wail and whine! One groan of mine would start the world's crumbling cloister shivering. And if I'd end up by roaring with all of its power of lungs and more - the comets, distressed, would wring their hands and from the sky's roof leap in a fever.”

Source : Vladimir Mayakovsky (1985). “Селестед Воркс ин Тхрее Волумес: Селестед версе”

“Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.”

Source : "Q&A With Dan Savage: On Obama, Fox News’ Shepard Smith and Success of ‘It Gets Better’ Project". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2011.

“Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.”

Source : "Balanced Life — 6 Tips for Battling Loneliness" by Gretchen Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2011.

“There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems, Steeply the thickets to his floods decline.”

Source : Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”

“We usually do pay attention to our outer appearance, typically noticing whatever part of our bodies we are unhappy about. It behooves us, however, to get on very good terms with more than just the surface of our bodies as we grow older; for if we don't listen to our bodies and pay attention to our physical needs and pleasures, this vehicle that we need to be running well to take us into a long and comfortable life, will limit what we can do and who we become.”

“If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.”

“It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it.”

“Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.”