An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Love at first sight is not rare, in fact it is extremely common, it happens to some people a few times a year. The feeling of what if when meeting the eyes of a stranger can be love unrecognized.

Everyone has a story if you just listen and shut up.

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.

She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.

The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse?