I have seen a few episodes of the TV show Criminal Minds recently. Each episode starts and ends with a quote. Here is a website that is transcribing them. Here are a few that I found particularly profound:
A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses. It is an idea that possesses the mind. ~ Robert Oxton Bolton
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. ~ Helen Keller
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~ Plato
Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable. ~ [attributed to] Shakespeare
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness. ~ W.H. Auden
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ Khalil Gibran
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. ~ Herman Melville
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love. ~ Washington Irving
A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses. It is an idea that possesses the mind. ~ Robert Oxton Bolton
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. ~ Helen Keller
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~ Plato
Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable. ~ [attributed to] Shakespeare
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness. ~ W.H. Auden
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ Khalil Gibran
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. ~ Herman Melville
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love. ~ Washington Irving