"Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man."

-- Nikolai Gogol

“Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.”
“Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.”

Source : John Novak (1994). “How to Meditate: A Step-by-step Guide to the Art and Science of Meditation”, p.12, Crystal Clarity Publishers
“Happiness cannot help but dance around you when you are fulfilled.”
“A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get.”
“Then he said in his most excellent Mick impression, "Your powers are useless against Ninja Lords, O great zombie hunter! Surrender or feel the sting of the shuriken!”

Source : Alan Goldsher (2010). “Paul Is Undead”, p.188, Simon and Schuster
“Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself”
“I don't generally do movies that get good reviews.”
“We are not preaching the Gospel of a dead Christ, but of a living Christ who sits exalted at the Father's right hand, and is living to save all who put their trust in Him. That is why those of us who really know the Gospel never have any crucifixes around our churches or in our homes. The crucifix represents a dead Christ hanging languid on a cross of shame. But we are not pointing men to a dead Christ; we are preaching a living Christ. He lives exalted at God's right hand, and He "saves to the uttermost all who come to God by Him."”

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