"When a person understands what sort of existence a human being is, and what exactly the "self" is, that person has been liberated forever."

“The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.”

“The proposition that the principal articles of the Apostles' Creed did not have the same meaning for the Christians of the earliest times as they have for Christians of our time is hereby condemned and proscribed as erroneous.”

“General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.”

“All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.”

“Aligning what you do with who you are requires commitment, effort, and perseverance. But the rewards are well worth it. Not only will it enhance the quality of your life, it may even prolong it.”

Source : "How to Avoid Job Dissatisfaction" by Lauren Mackler, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2010.

“Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly”

“I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.”

“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.”

Source : Ellen DeGeneres (2011). “Seriously ... I'm Kidding”, p.8, HarperCollins Australia