A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

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.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem