Quote (#500)

Am I not destroying my enemies
when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach --- waiting for a gift from the sea.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Not what we give, but what we share; for the
gift without the giver is bare. Who gives of
himself and his alms feeds three --- himself,
his hungering neighbor and me.
- James Russell Lowell

"Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is
so honest that God can't help but smile on it."
- Josh Billings

"Marriage is a great institution, but
I'm not ready for an institution."
- Mae West

"Genuine poetry can communicate
before it is understood."
- T. S. Eliot