Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties came prepared to forgive neither party came prepared to be forgiven.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.

Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life.

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power.

Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment.

The Library is the heart of the University.

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.

Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild and wired with no place to put those feelings.

If you must chase make certain its with passion so you may reap a worthy reward.

If I hate a person, then I must still love him as well.. For the insignificant ones, I don't hate.. I just lose interest and become indifferent..

Wilted or in bloom, taking or lending daylight, the world transitions.

My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.

There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.

There clearly are contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq that can be documented; there clearly is testimony that some of the contacts have been important contacts and that there's a relationship here

From when you are young, through middle age, you must grow to the point that you glow, so that your light lets people feel the blessings, the virtues, and the happiness.

There's definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies.

Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.