On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!

What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists?

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said "CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT.

All one's personality is embedded in gloves and hats after they've been good and used. Show me a glove and I'll tell you the character of its owner.

I was a girl from Massapequa, New York. I grew up in Massapequa. I lived in a basement with one window.

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done.

A good marriage ... is a sweet association in life: full of constancy, trust, and an infinite number of useful and solid services and mutual obligations.

Over the years I realized the damage fundamentalism did to my own spiritual and mental health. I've spend time recovering, studying scripture, sessions with a therapist, twelve step recovery.

Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it.