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Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. ~John Sterling



The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate! ~Terry Moore



Women get the last word in every argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. ~Author Unknown Women get the last word in every argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. ~Author Unknown



When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do. ~Darryl Dawkins



I guess, when you get down to it, a loving touch compensates for an unskilled hand about everywhere except in an airplane cockpit. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. ~Clifton Fadiman



For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. ~W.J. Ronald Tucker



Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis



The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. ~Ferdinand Foch



The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher



You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. ~Sri Sathya Sai Baba



Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~Author Unknown



He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus



It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash. ~Fred Woodworth



Somehow among all our use of antibiotic medicine and antibacterial soap our souls are becoming sanitized as well - don't let it happen to you! ~Brock Fiant



God can heal a broken heart, but He has to have all the pieces. ~Author Unknown



There comes a morning in life when you wake up a new person; that is to say, you wake up the same person but you realize it's your own fault. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world. ~Gene Tunney



If at first you do succeed - try to hide your astonishment. ~Author Unknown If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. ~Author Unknown