“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?” Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.” Jean-Baptiste Colbert

“There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style.” Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

“I was quite depressed two weeks ago when I spent an afternoon at Brentano's Bookshop in New York and was looking at the kind of books most people read. Once you see that you lose all hope.” Friedrich

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Rom 15:13

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else Is else, and without praise.” Thiruvalluvar, Kural

“To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.” Confucius

“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.” Jean-Baptiste Colbert

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle, Metaphysics

“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.” Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. You can't go backwards and regain your ignorance; you have to move forward.” Zeena Schreck

“Taxpayer is a person who pays for the maintenance of the state, so the phrase "obligations of a citizen to the state" is so false, how true the phrase "duty of the state to the taxpayer"

“I believe that we are all born for greatness yet most of us mire in the mediocrity of life. We become complacent or worse, discouraged and stagnate. We damn ourselves by not progressing.” Toni Sorenson

“That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.” Simone de Beauvoir

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” Martin Luther King Jr.

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He's in pain. I am, too. It strikes me that perhaps this is part of what we are fighting to choose. Which pain we feel.” Ally Condie, Matched

“Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.” Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“The working class had imposed upon them a sterile and authoritarian educational system which mirrored the ethos of the corporate workplace.”

“Success follows those who champion a cause greater than themselves.” George Alexiou