quotes on peace

There is no great genius without some touch of madness. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca, "On Tranquillity of the Mind," Moral Essays



It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. ~Nathaniel S. Borenstein



I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ~Abraham Lincoln



He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. ~Leo Tolstoy



Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. ~Max L. Forman



We must try not to sink beneath our anguish... but battle on. ~J.K. Rowling



Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day. ~Ringo Starr



Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. ~Frederic Bastiat



I say there are spots that don't come off.... Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean? ~J.K. Rowling, "The Egg and The Eye," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, spoken by the character Mad-Eye Moody



Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. ~Author Unknown



No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. ~Russell Lynes



The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. ~C.C. Scott



You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs. All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you start liking them, they start drooping. ~Cindy Crawford



There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. ~John Wainwright



I'm not overweight. I'm just nine inches too short. ~Shelley Winters



Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. ~Lord Chesterfield



Guys are like roses. You've got to watch out for the pricks. ~Author Unknown



I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean's voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Foot-prints on the Sea-shore"



May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. ~Irish Blessing



You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ~Robin Williams