Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.
Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
Afghanistan was always a backwater in the Islamic world.
ISIS is in many ways a creation of the Syrian regime.
Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.
Common sense is as rare as genius.
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.
There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.
A friend may be nature's most magnificent creation.
Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind.
Thought is the property of those only who can entertain it. -
