. . . Most falls aren't free -- there is always the tension, it seems to me, between what you are falling from and what you are falling to.

Let it all go, one foot in the grave and one bag packed. We shall go to our end in the warm glow of the past, burning up the memories, all the clutter given back.

Power concedes nothing without a demand.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts.

The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

Like many successful people he made good use of disappointments - responding to them with energy, with near-frenzied activity, rather than needing to recover from them.

Sometimes the Goliath in front of me looks too big & impossible to defeat. Then, God puts his hands on my shoulder, hands me 3 pebbles & a sling shot and I know it'll be okay.

War is worthless except for ending slavery, Nazism, fascism, and communism. Other than that, war is pointless.

I think it's Greek Orthodox - who totally believes in the pope, not anything about attacking the United States, which needs to be because we're not recognizing the dignity of all people.

Don't doubt your faith; doubt your doubts for they are unreliable.