It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

Lord, give me the strength to accomplish what You've given me to do and the faith to trust You that what I haven't been able to accomplish You've already assigned to someone else.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them

We never know beforehand how new posts or new work will change us.

The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.

You're sincere, but in order not to upset your views you avoid talking with people who think differently. You pick your thoughts from conversations with people like yourself, from books written by people like yourself. In physics they call it resonance. You start out with modest opinions, but they match and build each other up to a scale.