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“Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.”
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“In Buddhism, both learning and practice are extremely important, and they must go hand in hand. Without knowledge, just to rely on faith, faith, and more faith is good but not sufficient. So the intellectual part must definitely be present. At the same time, strictly intellectual development without faith and practice, is also of no use. It is necessary to combine knowledge born from study with sincere practice in our daily lives. These two must go together.”
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“The basic problem with the Non-Proliferation Treaty is there's no teeth in it, no penalties for countries that don't comply. Worse, as you say, the very naïve structure of the NPT has actually made it helpful for countries who want to acquire nuclear weapons. Iraq, North Korea, Iran, all used the NPT to build up their nuclear programs.”
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“If you were to ask my agent, they would confirm this: I'm drawn to locations. What really drew me to 'The 4400,' aside from the fact that it was sci-fi, was the fact that it was shot in the city of my dreams: Vancouver.”
Source : Interview with Veronica Hsieh, www.amc.com. 
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“Liberalism is to freedom as anarchism is to anarchy.”
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“It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.”
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“For so long, it was just my secret. It burned inside me, and I felt like I was carrying something important, something that made me who I was and made me different from everybody else. I took it with me everywhere, and there was never a moment when I wasn't aware of it. It was like I was totally awake, like I could feel every nerve ending in my body. Sometimes my skin would almost hurt from the force of it, that's how strong it was. Like my whole body was buzzing or something. I felt almost, I don't know, noble, like a medieval knight or something, carrying this secret love around with me.”
Source : Carolyn Parkhurst (2008). “Lost and Found: A Novel”, Little, Brown
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“To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing”
Source : Lilian Whiting (1920). “The World Beautiful: 1st-3d Ser”
