The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages.

Agreement reached by the negotiators?usually starts to collapse in the hands of those who implement it, no matter how carefully cleared at the top.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

Better to use force when you should rather than when you must.

Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

I grieve for every death.

It breaks my heart to think about a family weeping over the loss of a loved one. I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place.

Lord, make me a blessing to someone today.

He placed his hand on Willem's arm. 'Willem, don't cry.''I'm not going to, ' he said. 'I can do other things in life besides cry, you know, ' although he was no longer sure that was even true.

Secrets are great for acting. Secrets are the best thing in the world for acting, because they keep you looking like you have something in the back of your mind.

Any community that remains an abstraction is an easy target for prejudice and cruelty, but any community that becomes fully humanized is much harder to treat in that way.

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.

Nice blouse, Sage,” Adrian told me, deadpan. “It really brings out the khaki in your pants.