The work of creation is never without travail.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go.

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover Is that which was the beginning; At the source of the longest river The voice of the hidden waterfall And the children in the apple-tree Not known, because not looked for But heard, half-heard, in the stillness Between two waves of the sea.