"The more we give of ourselves, the more our capacity to serve, understand, and love will grow."

“No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.”

“I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.”

“Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

“A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.”

Source : Thomas Traherne (2007). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.241, Cosimo, Inc.

“Being alone is and nothing is altogether not.”

“The terrible part of this looming catastrophe is that people have been working on solutions for years and have developed concrete steps to massively reduce our energy use, while stimulating whole new industries and technologies that are more efficient and affordable.”

“Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.”

Source : "Benedict Cumberbatch landed Star Trek role with pitch filmed on iPhone" by Henry Barnes, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2012.

“Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.”