In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.

Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat and the privilege of being alive.

You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.