wisdom

...History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes make them stronger.

Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.

The grass is greener on the other side, but often this is just an illusion. Most probably, everyone is as unhappy as you.

The people are like an audience watching a drama. They have characters whose sides they chose even before the start of the show, but they know little or nothing about the people behind the stage__he manipulators.

Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to.

Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion _ it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today.

I strive everyday to be a great parent so my kids can be better people when they move out into the world on their own.

You need to use the instrument that the people desire to captivate them back to things that are right

It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary.

When good things are so low that no one wants them, I buy them and lay them away in the safe; when owing to some new development, they go up and my shares are so needed that men will pay well for them, I am ready to sell.

The danger of prolonged despair is its tendency to cloud the gift of a new beginning that every tomorrow offers. --Anissa's Redemption

The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.

No matter what your struggles are, everyone has their own level of greatness.

Foolishness is not a lack of resources, it's the lack of wisdom.

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit __m, but remember it__ a sin to kill a mockingbird.

When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society.

A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.

His ruby red rimmed moist eyes were two glasses of cranberry. He wore a cashmere sweater the color of Earl Grey tea...