he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at his desk.

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Everything depends on upbringing.

Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy

A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Everything I know, I know because of love.

How can one be well...when one suffers morally?

Christians need to realize that they are free children of the almighty God

If you make a person believe that his misfortune in this birth is due to his sins in his previous birth, he will resign himself to his fate and not vent his fury on society at large.

Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.

It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit.

You seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing, you seek up an emotion sometimes your well is dry

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

At dinner my man appeares.

The last time I actually drove a car myself was 1996.

God does not keep an itemized account of all your failures.

Make sure that your song is fun and catchy. Make sure that you enjoy singing, and drink tea.