Melrose And Spaulding Quotes & Sayings

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. — Joseph Addison

There was a little girl,
When she was good, she was very, very good.
But when she was bad, she was horrid. — Jun Mochizuki

You only see clearly with your heart. The most important things are invisible to the eyes. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

In merest prudence men should teach ...
That science ranks as monstrous things
Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings
E'en Angel's wings!
are fictions. — Henry Austin Dobson

It must be admitted that the conception of virtue cannot be separated from the conception of happiness-producing conduct. — Herbert Spencer

ADVENIENT (ADVE'NIENT) adj.[adveniens, Lat.]Advening; coming from outward causes; superadded. — Samuel Johnson

During the darkest periods in recent history, of course, the most subversive things you could do is think, read if you can get the material and remind yourself that love exists. — Hector Elizondo

Never give up when you really believe in something ... just do you ... — Rose Elisabeth Sama

Many people don't realize until they are on their deathbed and everything external falls away that no thing ever had anything to do with who they are. — Eckhart Tolle

...I am about eight years old when I first become aware of being other--foreign, outside, separate. Because this lesson comes from my own family, it resonates deeper and truer than playground taunts ever have. — Soojung Jo

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it. — Glen Hansard

I would prefer every [American] state keep the definition of marriage that's prevailed in Western civilization for a couple thousand years. — Gary Bauer

It used to be that you would go in to see a CEO, and you would ask them, 'Is your company for sale?' and if they said 'No, we have no interest in selling,' that was sort of the end of the conversation. — Henry Kravis

It's not so bad to be a prisoner, if you're working on an escape. — Kim Stanley Robinson