If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent.

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones

It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime.

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he’s shown his colors, run the people, making laws. Experience, there’s the test.

I loved it in the unconditional way that children love their first home.

What I took out of them was that character was measured by facing up to difficult situations and that a hero was a man who would not break even under the most trying circumstances.

When you are young and strong...you can stay alive on your hatred"....but realized later "They can take everything from me except my mind and heart"Nelson Mandela from Long Walk to Freedom

Crime must be brought under control... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all.

Home is where your books are.

We often what to be a success but we don’t know why.

We have met the Devil of Information Overload and his impish underlings, the computer virus, the busy signal, the dead link, and the PowerPoint presentation.

I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.

Unused creativity is not benign.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

Aussie culture is pretty relaxed in general, but at the same time people know how to work really hard to go above and beyond what's expected of them.

So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice.

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.

We worry top-down, but we invest bottom-up