How many senators have taken their conception of what America can do from what they’ve seen on the American movie screen?

It’s always nice to learn a thing or two from a novel, don’t you think?

Yes, they mean well, but the only good that an absence of malice guarantees is a clear conscience.

An exile, said Zafar, is a refugee with a library.

If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.

A Murmur in the Trees - to note - Not loud enough - for Wind - A Star - not far enough to seek - Nor near enough - to find

If you don’t have a struggle inside or around you, you have to make one up.

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.

A level of no more than 350 ppm is still feasible, with the help of reforestation and improved agricultural practices, but just barely - time is running out.

Unlimited activity, of whatever kind, must end in bankruptcy.

I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it.

Knowing that you are nothing is Wisdom, Knowing that you are everything is Love.

however, i can read hers- she'll be waiting to ambush you in class.

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.