Great Throughts Treasury

"Make peace with silence, and remind yourself that it is in this space that you'll come to remember your spirit. When you're able to transcend an aversion to silence, you'll also transcend many other miseries. And it is in this silence that the remembrance of God will be activated." - Wayne Dyer, fully Wayne Walter Dyer

"I would say that the quality of each man’s life is the full measure of that man’s commitment of excellence and victory – whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you." - Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi

"I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline." - Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi

"Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures." - Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi

"The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work." - Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it." - Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi

"All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory." - V. S. Pritchett, fully Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett

"We always have urged people: Don't take LSD unless you are very well prepared, unless you are specifically prepared to go out of your mind. Don't take it unless you have someone that's very experienced with you to guide you through it. And don't take it unless you are ready to have your perspective on yourself and your life radically changed, because you're gonna be a different person, and you should be ready to face this possibility." - Timothy Leary, fully Timothy Francis Leary

"My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change." - Elizabeth Dole, fully Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole

"Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of the wheel - not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness - that's your heart. That's where God lives within you. So stop looking for answers in the world. Just keep coming back to that center and you'll always find peace." - Elizabeth Gilbert

"In order to be one, you must first be two." - Esther Perel

"Love is an exercise in selective perception." - Esther Perel

"I think it's unfortunate and really reflects the mean-spirited nature of the anti-abortion movement that it is willing to sacrifice poor women in this debate as a means of making gains. Abortion is legal in this country and is not something that should be denied women, but anti-abortion advocates suggest that if they can't deny it to every woman, they will at least deny it to low-income women." - Faye Wattleton

"Two cocks in one yard do not agree." - Italian Proverbs

"When wine sinks, words swim." - Italian Proverbs

"Who by himself can do anything, do not wait for others to do." - Italian Proverbs