"The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized." — Pearl S. Buck, American author, born 1892
"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels." — Pearl S. Buck, American author, born 1892
"Words are really beautiful, but they're limited. Words are very male, very structured. But the voice is the netherworld, the darkness, where there's nothing to hang onto. The voice comes from a part of you that just knows and expresses and is." — Jeff Buckley, American singer, born 1966
"I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks." — Jeff Buckley, American singer, born 1966
"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years." — William F. Buckley, Jr., American author, born 1925
"The Buddha's last instructions, before he died: Make of yourself a light." — The Buddha, wandering ascetic
"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth." — Dhammapada, The Buddha’s path to Wisdom
"Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds." — The Buddha, wandering ascetic
"If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces, but the life behind and within their faces. Love is the frame we see them in." — Frederick Buechner, American theologian, born 1926
"Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid." — Frederick Buechner, American theologian, born 1926
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." — Warren Buffett, American philanthropist, born 1930
"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." — Warren Buffett, American philanthropist, born 1930