To believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their aspirations they will save the world. With their combined knowledge the turbulent seas of hate and injustice will be calmed.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly

With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.

When the moon kisses the stas in the silence with her lights of love, my heart dances with ecstasy and beauty of life.

My thoughts are stars I can't fanthom into constellations.

In the midst of combat, we learned a great deal about mankind and its many different races, creeds and beliefs.

When faced with pain and evil, we have to make a choice.We can choose to be taken by the evil.Or we can try to embrace the good.

There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.

Our lives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we do with conflict that makes the difference.

Every job has its pros and cons. The NFL just has more of both.

But why do I notice everything? She thought. Why must I think? She did not want to think. She wanted to force her mind to become a blank and lie back, and accept quietly, tolerantly, whatever came.