"It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly."

“Fond of those hives where folly reigns, And cards and scandal are the chains, Where the pert virgin slights a name, And scorns to redden into shame.”

“No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.”

“An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.”

“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”

“In whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics.”

Source : "Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe". Book by Robert Lanza, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2010.

“The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman.”

Source : Elizabeth Oakes Smith (2015). “The Western Captive and Other Indian Stories”, p.20, Broadview Press

“Part of therapy is the hope. You need to feel like there's hope, warmth and happiness somewhere in there otherwise you'll be more lost than you were to begin with. Part of the therapy is just diving in, embracing what you're feeling and try to understand why it's there. But also, knowing that you need to be kind to yourself. That's the biggest piece of advice I give to people that suffer from anxiety too.”

“We must not only be patient with others, infinitely patient, but also with our own poor selves.”