"A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away."

“I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.”

“What joy is ours that the Lord not only forgives our sins ,but allows the soul to know Him, so soon as she humbles herself. The poorest wretch can humble himself and know God in the Holy Spirit. There is no need of money or posessions in order to know God, only humility. The Lord gives Himself freely, for His mercy's sake alone. I did not know this before but now every day and every hour every minute, I see clearly the mercy of God. The Lord gives peace even in sleep, but without God there is no peace in the soul.”

“I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentiments, not so much to the public as to her immediate friends.”

Source : Belle Boyd (1865). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.461

“On that first day when we look back, either happily or with remorse, to the stony ways over which we have traveled, losing concern for that part of the journey which is yet to come, we have grown old.”

Source : Myrtle Reed (1905). “The Master's Violin”

“There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.”

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned my whole life, time and age are but an illusion.”

“Good sense and good nature are never separated; and good nature is the product of right reason.”

“The older I get, the more I can't stand violence and have a hard time with seeing people die in horrific ways. It gets harder and harder to watch and deal with that stuff.”

Source : "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.