"I want to know a butcher paints, A baker rhymes for his pursuit, Candlestick-maker much acquaints His soul with song, or, haply mute, Blows out his brains upon the flute."

“You want to not have any problems.”

Source : Steve Hagen (2011). “Buddhism Plain and Simple”, p.20, Tuttle Publishing

“I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.”

Source : "Christiane Amanpour quits CNN" by Mark Sweney, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2010.

“There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.”

“I've always asked myself, what does it mean to love your neighbor. Like what does that exactly mean? And it means that we have an obligation to one another in every facet of life. In every facet! It starts with being present in somebody's life. And somebody that may not look like you, may not understand you, but just going out of your way to just be there!”

“Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.”

“I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing.”

“There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.”

Source : Sam Keen (2010). “Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man”, p.12, Bantam

“Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit ...”

Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.2040, Delphi Classics