Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridiculed and shamed.Must hearts forever sufferfrom ignorance and greed?Can bombs heal our soulsor set our spirits free?

You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.

The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward.

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.

Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.