Nothing could have been more imprudent or more natural than this reply. It reflected the ecstasy inspired by great crises.

He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.

A life without fighting is a dead sea in the universal organism.

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

We kill time; time buries us.

There is nothing worse than giving the longest of legs to the smallest of ideas.

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.

There is nothing in the world so monstrously vast as our indifference.

Tomorrow's sun is on it's way - a relentless sun, inscrutable like life.

Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next.

It's the occasion that makes the revolution.

... The soul which is led by God and His wisdom, rather than by bodily concupiscence, will certainly never consent to the desire aroused in its own flesh by another's lust.

I wanted my home to be a haven, like coming in from the cold to a big warm hug.

You are going to get over it sooner or later so get over it now.

If you want to be noticed, dress the part.

To marry a girl just to make her a widow,” said Gabriel Lightwood. “Many would say that was not a kindness.

Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

The legacy of Mandela is to have brought the country together... South Africa can be one of the success stories of the 21st century.

We are not fountains ourselves; but the Word of God is the true fountain.

The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive.

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.