She had been carried away by the need to defend herself.

Jonathan had been around Washington long enough to know that no offer was exactly what it seemed.

So many people of liberal persuasion value their own progressive opinions more than they value the people they hold those opinions about.

He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.

He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

Our sense of history has grown dangerously thin, and our sense of proportion with it.

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions.

People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for.

The victors always think they are righteous. But then, they always seem to start a mighty unrighteous squabbling over the spoils.

The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait.

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

I was ready for huge transformation, emerging from the chrysalis, like the butterfly, a true metamorphosis, alive in all my beauty.

Hating creates a hole in the heart.

You need to own the treasures you find in your soul.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

The more steps you take towards the end, the fewer steps you have to take towards the end!

Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.

There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.

Mindfulness, as defined by the Buddha, means awareness of incessant change, of arising and vanishing, inside of your own body, which is the ultimate reality of your own life.

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.