I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it even amidst great pop music.

Marriage in life is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

To live a pure unselfish life one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness surely they will in no way affect you.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny but chaos in the midst of order is.

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee we get nervous about her and admit censorship.

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

The great danger for family life in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure comfort and independence lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Amidst the confusion of the times the conflicts of conscience and the turmoil of daily living an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.

If patience is worth anything it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the condition patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death.

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.

It is often when night looks darkest it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch day by day.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.