"We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah,"

“The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ .”

“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”

“The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.”

Source : "Momma". Comic strip by Mell Lazarus, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 1970 - July 10, 2016.

“Chess is imagination.”

“Take risks! That is really what life is about. We must pursue our own happiness. Nobody has ever lived our lives; ther are no guidelines. Trust your instincts. Accept nothing but the best. But then also look for it carefully. Don't allow it to slip between your fingers. Sometimes, good things come to us in a such a quiet fashion. And nothing comes complete. It is what we make of whatever we encounter that determines the outcome. What we choose to see, what we choose to save. And what we choose to remember. Never foget that all the love in your life is there, inside you, always.”

“Paul Beatty for "The Sellout" sounds like a relevant story for our times. It's playful, uses deep thought and seems to be taking advantage of everything literature can do when tackling difficult issues.”

Source : Source: wwd.com

“You may not always end up where you thought you were going, But you will always end up where you were meant to be.”

“The only real life is the collective life of the race; individual life has no existence except as an abstraction.”

Source : Auguste Comte, John Henry Bridges (1865). “A General View of Positivism”, p.387, London, Trübner and Company