The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. 

~ Peter De Vries, editor, novelist (27 Feb 1910-1993) 

We're here to put a dent in the universe. 

~ Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (24 Feb 1955-2011) 

Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive, but mutually dependent because without discipline we would sink into chaos.

~ Paulo Coelho

And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. 

~ Anais Nin, writer (21 Feb 1903-1977) 

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. 

~ Fyodor Dostoevsky, novelist (1821-1881) 

Whether success or failure, you need to move forward. The momentum is what is critical.

~ Frederique Dame

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing the ground. 

~ Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, and orator (1817-1895) 

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. 

~ George Jean Nathan, author and editor (14 Feb 1882-1958) 

The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock. 

~ Margaret Halsey, novelist (13 Feb 1910-1997) 

"Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked.

"Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.” 

~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. 

~ Boris Pasternak, poet and novelist (10 Feb 1890-1960)

My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. 

~ Carl Schurz, revolutionary, statesman, and reformer (1829-1906) 

When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package. 

~ John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (8 Feb 1819-1900) 

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled lane with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives. 

~ Florence Luscomb, architect and suffragist (6 Feb 1887-1985) 

The limits of tyrants is prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. 

~ Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, and orator (1817-1895) 

I tire so of hearing people say, 

Let things take their course. 

Tomorrow is another day. 

I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. 

I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. 

~ Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb 1902-1967) 

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged. 

~ Norman Mailer, author (31 Jan 1923-2007)