"The affirmative of affirmatives... is love...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Our debt to tradition through reading and conversation is so massive, our protest so rare and insignificant-and this commonly on the ground of other reading and hearing-that in large sense, one would say there is no pure originality. All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”

“Sorrow makes us all children again.”

“The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm's length, and not remember spite. He has neither friends nor enemies, but values men only as channels of power.”

“It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love”

“Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.”

“We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.”

“Quietly affirm that you will define your own reality from now on and that your definition will be based on your inner wisdom”

“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”

“We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him.”