All things are difficult before they are easy.
Thomas FullerAll emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up, that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
Rainer Maria RilkeIf you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
John WayneA grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.
Eric HofferYou are happy that you have come on a pilgrimage here but let Me tell you one thing unless you control the stream of desire that springs in the mind this is just a wasted opportunity. If your wish is fulfilled you revere Me, if it is not you revile Me. That is how Desire debases you.
Sai BabaAfter the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City people particularly New Yorkers who breathed in the ash or saw the results of that have a tendency to keep seeing echoes and having flashbacks to it.
Stephen KingHear the voice of the Bard! Who present past and future sees, Whose ears have heard The Holy Word, That walked among the ancient trees.
William BlakeI can no longer obey, I have tasted command and I cannot give it up.
Napoleon BonaparteActors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
Charlie Chaplin