What am I in the eyes of most people--a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person--somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then--even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion. Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.  Vincent van Gogh quotes
To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside that no one else was allowed to fish in and two lovely houses in the town; one where I would have my wife and children and be monogamous and love them truly and well and the other where I would have my nine beautiful mistresses on nine different floors. Ernest Hemingway quotes If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes Why must children die? I have reached the conclusion that the only purpose in the life of every man is to strengthen love within himself, and by strengthening it within himself, to infect other people with it Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in. Mae West quotes A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love. Mae West quotes Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em. Mae West quotes Look your best--who said love is blind? Mae West quotes Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house... let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes | 
