"Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."
William James (1842 - 1910)

"Eat before shopping. If you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary purchases."
American Heart Association Cookbook

"It would be better to play football than read the Gita..."
Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902), using a powerful metaphor for the way he wanted the youth of his time to evolve — fearless, strong and independent in the right sense. It was a call to action, to karma, rather than passivity and inaction.

"Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

"Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people."
Mario Puzo (1920 - 1999), 'The Godfather'

"If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a ne'er-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it; he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life time of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life."
Vic Oliver

"Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out."
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)

"Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully."
Frances Moore Lappe, O Magazine, May 2004

"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time."
Rabbinical Saying

"A friend is a second self."
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

"What you risk reveals what you value."
Jeanette Winterson

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)

"Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it."
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, October 2002