Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.

I am a person of faith who believes deeply in the right to exercise religious beliefs.

I rise from the moist crevice of thought, I beat on the shores of her holy body, I fall from the sky in silver sheets of sadness. Rise onto me my precious sun.

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.

More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

Be virtuous and you'll be happy Nonsense Be happy and you'll begin to be virtuous.

We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

When a song wants to be written, it will be written.

In scene after scene, meaning sneaks in and sometimes roars.

Ms. Merkel's attempt to present herself as a Social Democrat was a clever move. But it's not working anymore. The divisions between the CDU and CSU have simply become too great for that.

I accept all awards. I like them.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.