"It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive."

“Every woman dreams of her own political career and her own place in life.”

“Anxieties about ourselves endure. If our proper study is indeed the study of humankind, then it has seemed-and still seems-to many that the study is dangerous. Perhaps we shall find out that we were not what we took ourselves to be. But if the historical development of science has indeed sometimes pricked our vanity, it has not plunged us into an abyss of immorality. Arguably, it has liberated us from misconceptions, and thereby aided us in our moral progress.”

Source : Philip Kitcher (1982). “Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism”, p.202, MIT Press

“meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking”

“Sometimes I am more interested in the richness of the material with all the stuff we've done which all tell a story to me rather than any single film career I could have, because I really do find myself interested in other people's ideas. I just want to be responsible with an array of things that engage me and feel vital, opposed to the corporate media out there that is just about making the loudest noises possible.”

“I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.”

“The best thing a society can do is ensure its children are taken care of.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

“A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.”

Source : Craig Johnson (2007). “Death Without Company: A Walt Longmire Mystery”, p.8, Penguin

“Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?”