Wars are not won by evacuations.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.

Knowledge becomes power when you share it.

We write or we are written upon. The whole of our lives is the clumsy attempt to wield the pen with grace.

Justice is possible without equality, I believe, because of compassion and understanding. If I have compassion, then if I have more than you, which is unequal, I will still do the just thing by you.

Alliteration seems to offend people.

I always found Louise Brooks interesting. She was an icon of the silent - film era, and I knew she'd grown up in Kansas, and that she was smart and rebellious and sharp - tongued.

Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.

Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes.

Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected.