I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.

If you think you can do it, you can.

We've been in a period of relative stability and cooperation since the end of the Cold War among the world's major powers, but that may not always exist. And certainly one could even predict that there will be periods of hostility or tension ahead.

The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap.

Almost all of the governments have agreed that they will not acquire nuclear weapons and that they will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor their commercial and research nuclear power operations to ensure that nuclear materials - highly enriched uranium and plutonium - are not diverted to use in weapons.

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.