Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Lao Tzu

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

Bill Vaughan

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Mikhail Bulgakov

A spiritually illumined soul lives in the world, yet is never contaminated by it.

Swami Bhaskarananda

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

James Dean

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.

Ellen DeGeneres