The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Erich Fromm
The simple Wordsworth . . . / Who both by precept and example shows / That prose is verse and verse is merely prose.
Lord Byron
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men kindness and generosity openness honesty understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest sharpness greed acquisitiveness meanness egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
John Steinbeck
Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.
Emo Philips
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
Margaret Mead
You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.
Bill Cosby
The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire that rate of return will be a negative percentage.
Paul Ryan
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost, to be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Michel de Montaigne
