[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

Patience includes perseverance—the ability to bear up under weariness, strain, and persecution when doing the work of the Lord.

I do not fear the nightWhen I know that todayI am bathed in a lightIt cannot be stolen away

Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.

Jupiter was very large and bright. Apparently, there was a small reddish star appended to its side. This is called "an alliance."

his snores sounded like ducks mating.

I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life.

A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time.

Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power.

All the spring may be hidden in the single bud, and the low ground nest of the lark may hold the joy that is to herald the feet of many rose-red dawns.

When I want to end a relationship I just say, 'You know, I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have your children.' Sometimes they leave skid marks.