The inspiration of a noble cause enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.

But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.

We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.

We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together - these men, these horses, these colors afield.

I know in whom all my highest hopes and dearest joys are centered. I know in whom my whole heart can rest — so sweetly and so surely.

The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away.

A radiant fellowship of the fallen.

I am not of Virginia blood; she is of mine.

To those who, in spite of everything, still choose goodness.

Do you mind, ” he asked politely, “if I slide my blade under your skin, just a little?

We're all stories, in the end.

In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born.

All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.

The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail.

Returning is the movement of the Way.

We could all be mediums, and all have absolute knowledge, if the bright light of our ego consciousness would not dim it.

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.

Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.