It appeared that the swift wings of their desires would have shattered against the iron gates of the impossible.

A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.

The moon had been lighted and was hung in a treetop.

Camp fires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night.

He did not consider public opinion to be accurate at long range.

His face had been twisted into an expression of every agony he had imagined for his friend.

Perceive conflict as positive, creative, and issue driven. Don't allow personal attacks.

The greater the pressure the brighter the diamond.

Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.

But me and my sister knew all the Doris Day and Frank Sinatra songs, too.

One rose is enough for the dawn

I believe that by living as athletes we live more fully.

I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family.

Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.

Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.

The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.