The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality.

With the wings of love you can fly in everyone's heart.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

But all remains unchanged.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

The person who helps you is the person who aids you in becoming independent and strong. Good teachers don't answer your questions, they ask you questions.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

I dont think anyone can get away from high school unscathed.

A failing state cannot stop a revolution whose time has come.

In survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.'