"Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself."

“Because of course she had known she must go. She always did the thing because in obedience lay the integrity that God asked of her. If anyone had asked her what she meant by integrity she would not have been able to tell them but she had seen it once like a picture in her mind, a root going down into the earth and drinking deeply there. No one was really alive without that root.”

“Be still and quiet, tune in with the Infinite Intelligence, and continue in right thought, right feeling, and right action, and you will arrive at your goal.”

Source : Joseph Murphy (1973). “Secrets of the I ching”

“Silence is not lost time.”

“Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.”

Source : William Godwin (1831). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author”, p.73

“Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it.”

“Words have a love for each other, a desire that culminates in poetry.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.92, Wave Books

“Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.”

“I'm a man, and I think every man wants to be No. 1.”