An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Prayer changes things by changing people.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.