It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.

Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still.

Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards.

The people living in land of deep darkness have seen a great light.

I miss the way you got me high by that deadly hypnotizing smile.

...the worry over media manipulation of photographs pales beside the threat that we will be exposed to an unedited, unvetted picture world where all images seem equally important and equally trivial.

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

Nations with nations mix'd confus'dly die, and lost in one promiscuous carnage lie.

Now don't you understand man universal law What you throw out comes back to you, star Never underestimate those who you scar Cause karma, karma, karma comes back to you hard

A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man.

Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

He may only get to keep that which he is willing to let go of.

Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical.