The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

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

The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a campaign started and it was supported by civil society non-governmental groups around the world.

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

Nature exists for man no more than she does for monkeys, and is as regardless of his life or pleasure or success as she is of the fleas. Her waves will drown him, her fire burn him, and her earth devour him, her storms and lightning smite him, as if he were only a dog.

Before the bud swells, before the grass springs, before the plough is started, comes the sugar harvest. It is sequel of the bitter frost; a sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter.