"I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet."

“To succeed in any undertaking, any art or any trade or any profession, simply keep it ever persistently fixed in mind as an aim, and then study to make all effort toward it play or recreation. The moment it becomes hard work, we are not advancing.”

Source : Prentice Mulford (2015). “The Prentice Mulford Premium Collection: “New Thought” Studies, Novels & Memoirs: Thoughts Are Things, The God In You, Your Forces and How to Use Them, Life By Land and Sea, Swamp Angel and more (Wisdom & Empowerment Series)”, p.441, e-artnow

“And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.”

Source : Mark Helprin (2005). “A Soldier of the Great War”, p.423, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.”

“I've always known I was adopted.”

“What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.”

“From education to broadband, from building roads and bridges to supporting the military, Barack Obama is delivering for North Carolina. And he is delivering for America. A growing middle class is the foundation for a strong America.”

Source : "Gov. Bev Perdue DNC 2012 speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

“It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.”

“Family makes life whole to me.”