Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

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.

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.

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.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

If she's really psychic, " Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?

America has so much debt, if she were a person she'd need a co-signer to get a car loan.

I'm not saying that George W. Bush did everything right. But even if you take a skeptical view of his Iraq war, [Barack] Obama made the more serious error of withdrawing his troops from Iraq early.

Make a mess. Clean it up.

Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.

Almost every actor goes into almost every picture very frightened. He is positive he really can't do it. The bigger the star, the more frightened he is.

A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it.

You have to make the good out of the bad because that is all you have got to make it out of.

My power is immeasurable; My truth inexplicable, unfathomable.