In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul.

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

Even in an empty room, we are never alone.

Be kind to him who does not deserve your kindness.

Life is a chance at Evolution. Overcome yourself and Become. ☥

In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.

Newness inspires me. New opportunities. New places. New experiences. Learning new things, new skills. New roles!

When two great powers disagree about anything - it doesn't matter what - they must find a way to settle it somehow by arbitration or by negotiation, not by war or threat of war.

We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them.

Writing is thinking and thinking is hard work.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets... Mountain-top jewels