"I hope I haven't reached a pinnacle...I hope there's something more for me in baseball and in life."

“Seeing well transforms mere existence into the art of living.”

“Rather than seeing ourselves as insignificant specks in the immensity of the cosmos, we can consider that immensity an indicator of our worth. It seems the Creator invested a great deal-a universe of 50 billion trillion stars, plus a hundred times more matter, all fine-tuned to mind-boggling precision-for us. If not for the strength and abundance of evidence in support of that notion, it would seem the height of arrogance. Humility demands that we take a deeper and wider look at that evidence.”

Source : Hugh Ross (2010). “Why the Universe Is the Way It Is”, p.41, Baker Books

“As far as I am concerned, collectively, the right wing of the blogosphere is the 'boy who called traitor.' Not a week goes by when I hear that so and so should be ostracized because they are a treasonous rat, they are a commie symp, whatever.”

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”

“We must receive the one who curses us as a messenger from God, rebuking our hidden evil thoughts, so that we, seeing our thoughts with exactness, might correct ourselves. For we do not know how many hidden evils we have; Only a perfect man can understand all of his own shortcomings.”

“True love, and what it is, and how do you know what it is. Is it just chemistry, or is it years and years of commitment and being together and hanging in there building a history? And how do you find both?”

“I believe passionately that games are an art form and that the power of our medium flows from our audience, who are deeply involved in how the story unfolds and who have the uncontested right to provide constructive criticism. At the same time, I also believe in and support the artistic choices made by the development team.”

Source : "Why Bioware Needs Gamers To Make True Art" by Michael Venbles, www.wired.com. March 27, 2012.

“It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.”

Source : E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.503, Delphi Classics