Poetic license is not a license to scribe recklessly.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence, you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

And that was part of the tragedy: I had just started to know her. I was mourning the relationship that could have blossomed but didn’t have a chance to grow.

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.

Peace of Mind? Don't leave home (or go home) without it.

Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa.

It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

Look carefully around you and recognize the luminosity of souls. Sit beside those who draw you to that.

We have to find out the technique by which the spirit whispers to our hearts. We have to learn to hear it and to understand it and to know when we have it, and that sometimes takes a long time.

There is no place where espionage is not possible.

When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.

One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders.