"There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude. If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped."

Kottler, Jeffrey | Solitude | 3 bookmarks

"After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

Huxley, Aldous | Music | 1 bookmarks

"Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow."

Dach, Simon | Friends and Friendship | 2 bookmarks

"The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble."

Barrie, Sir James M. | Praise | 3 bookmarks

"Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow."

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie | Courage | 2 bookmarks

"Courage comes from wanting to do it well. Security comes from knowing you can do it well. Confidence comes from having done it well."

Unknown, Source | Confidence | 5 bookmarks

"The nearest to perfection that most people come is when filling out an employment application."

Unknown, Source | Perfection | 1 bookmarks

"When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity."

Eliot, George | Death and Dying | 2 bookmarks

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."

Lincoln, Abraham | The future | 5 bookmarks

"The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store."

Hubbard, Kin | Home | 1 bookmarks