The future is the past in preparation.

...looking up at the stars, he had accepted life as a medium for action. Something to wield like a tool. One’s own life: an instrument for the shaping of the world.

A friend is a companion for the journey, never a means to our own.What we take we take together, the joy we reap, we have sown.

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what's been on your mind so you can think about what you've been thinking about.

As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.

Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is 'all of a piece'; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives.