The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.

It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.

An optimist is a braver cynic.

The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no

His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.

She expected no judgement and wanted no pity.

And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why it happened the way it did, and what it might have taken to prevent it from happening.

Failure is only the name that we give to our mistakes."-Oscar Wilde

Why are we so unconcerned with the great desire of God’s heart?

Teachers should be made aware of visual stress symptoms and the potential difference coloured lights, overlays and lenses could make to a learners perception.

Whenever I made money I invested in myself... I bought whatever I needed to make my career better. I never really spent money on other stuff, like buying expensive cars.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true!

If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.

I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.

Behind every myth lies a truth; beyond every legend is reality, as radiant (sometimes as chilling) as the story itself.

It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says there is no wisdom without leisure.