Though there is great difference of opinion regarding the antiquity of Egyptian civilisation, yet all authorities agree in the statement that, however far back they go, they find no uncivilised state of society.

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

Well, my kidneys have failed. I haven't (laughs). (discussing her Kidney Cancer)

Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
Cause it's a new day.

La autenticidad del sentimiento depende de la claridad de la idea.

Bây giờ rõ mặt đôi ta,
Biết đâu rồi nữa chẳng là chiêm bao?

Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.

Your laugh is a sudden silvery wave.

You laughed for the marrow in their bones that was not yet ready for laughter;
And you wept for their eyes that yet were dry.
Your voice fathered their thoughts and their understanding.
Your voice mothered their words and their breath.

Two years after launching The Huffington Post I was exhausted, burnt out. The feeling many of us have. I collapsed from exhaustion and on the way down I hit my head on the desk, broke my cheekbone and got four stitches on my right eye. And it started me on this journey of questioning what success is

The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers...but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice!

Alan Marshal - Robert Landis

I think....living in such a hard situation when there are terrorists and they slaughter people every night is still hard -- is still a threat. So it's a better idea to speak out for your rights and then die...we will speak out for our rights. This is what we can do, and we tried our best.

Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits.

Kiêu ngạo đi trước, bại hoại theo sau. (Kinh Thánh)

After this I proceeded to the city of Barwan, in the road to which is a high mountain, covered with snow and exceedingly cold; they call it the Hindu Kush, that is Hindu-slayer, because most of the slaves brought thither from India die on account of the intenseness of the cold.