Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns. (75)

my mothersensed awar in herwomb, and so sheraised meto fight.

And that - he pointed ahead - is the road to Hell. That's where we're going. I have always heard it was paved with good intentions, said Simon

If you take the hard numbers, then science is clearly telling us that we're running out of time.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

I know how important it is to have a helping hand.

The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

If perchance you should falter during the journey, a hand would be there to support you. If that should be wanting, God, who alone could take that hand from you, would Himself accomplish its work.

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.