I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.

The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

What can rulers, nobility and all the lords of the earth say to justify the horrible killing and maiming of twenty or thirty million valuable men who a short while ago ploughed, dug, wove, built, guided the traffic of the world, took their pleasure, loved their fellows, cherished their families, and feared naught?

I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us from somewhere up above. They come to you and me in our darkest hours, to show us how to live, to teach us how to give, to guide us with a light of love.

The greatest tragedy in life is people who have sight but no vision.

Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.