In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities happen again. Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

There isn't any way to libel the human race.

The future interests me - I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

Crowds stand around all day long and criticise that bridge, and find fault with it, and tell with unlimited frankness how it ought to have been planned, and how they would have built it had the city granted them the $14,000 it cost. It is really refreshing to hang around these and listen to them. A foreigner would come to the conclusion that all America was composed of inspired professional bridge builders.