Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

He who is brave is free.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

People take power trips at the most inopportune times.

I tried to convey to the boy how people’s lives are often altered by curved lines read slowly from paper, sand, or stone.

Be different.. be yourself.

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

Love is a rose But you better not pick it. It only grows When it's on the vine. Handful of thorns And you'll know you missed it. You lose your love When you say the word MINE.

The pastors and ministry leaders came away energized to have voter registration drives at their churches and motivated to encourage their congregations to "vote their values."

I wish I could find an event that meant as much as simple seeing.

When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.