I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.

Find the beauty in situations where it is not obvious, and you will create voluminous joy in your life.

Even a speck of love should not go unappreciated, because, as Rumi said, love is the water of life.

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.

None of us is ever ready,' he (Ned) said. 'For knighthood?' 'For death.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

Whether the poet is living or dead, they're part of our imaginative community.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe.

With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle.

I shall not want Honor in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney.