The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace.
Walking round the Champs-Elysees late at night is the greatest time.
Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy.
Bytes: He's the greatest Freak in the World...
Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe.
Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.
The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.
I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Katsumoto: And who was your general? Algren: Don't you have a rebellion to lead? Katsumoto: People in your country do not like conversation? Algren: He was a lieutenant colonel. His name was Custer. Katsumoto: I know this name. He killed many warrior...
[an SS officer is approaching under a white flag] Major Harry Carlyle: Rather interesting development, sir. [to the German] Major Harry Carlyle: That's far enough! We can hear you from there! SS Panzer Officer: My general says there is no point in co...
She had a voice that made Pearl Harbor seem like a lullaby.
Mentoring is the cultivation of young adults, the tender caring for and nurturing of them so that they will grow, flourish, and be fruitful.
His view of war - and he had seen a great deal of it - was that a general made as many blunders as he fought battles, but, by the grace of the gods, the opposing generals' blunders were sometimes worse.
It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended reality.
A soul is a thing so impalpable, so often useless and sometimes such a nuisance, that the loss of it disturbed me less than if I had lost my visiting card while taking a walk.
In a dazzling vote of confidence for form over substance, our culture fawns over the fleetingness of being “in love” while discounting the importance of loving. (206)
