Colombians might live in one of best places in the world to grow coffee beans, yet their cups of coffee come from dehydrated granules in tiny plastic packages. This is the definition of tragedy.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

Hope is a gaze on a higher power to meet our every need.

Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.

The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.

It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.

If necessity is the mother of invention, scientifically developed production is the mother of scientific research.

We all claim to worship the same God, so why don't we fellowship together? ... The only thing that keeps us from fellowshiping together are the church buildings, the organizations.

Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.

To militant Islamists, the expulsion of the Soviets was just the prelude to purging the entire Islamic world of infidels.

It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.