That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination.
- Cynthia Ozick

Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.
- Gautama Buddha

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women’s names.
- Elaine Gill